Examiner Vijay Murali Balakrishnan

What the data says.

Examiner Vijay Murali Balakrishnan maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 46 total applications, 19 have been disposed of (decided). Of those 19 decided applications, 8 were allowed and 11 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 42% over the disposed count. The examiner works within a single art unit. This record reflects outcomes on applications that have reached final disposition and does not include pending cases.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates all decided applications across the examiner's art unit(s) in TC 2100. The allowance rate of 42% describes past outcomes on closed cases and is a historical aggregate, not a prediction of any specific application's fate. Pooled data masks variation within individual art units; a separate section of this profile may provide per-art-unit detail. Use aggregate figures to understand the examiner's overall pattern, not to forecast particular prosecution outcomes.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

The record, art unit by art unit.

Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

Questions about Examiner Vijay Murali Balakrishnan

• 01What is the overall allowance rate for this examiner?

  The allowance rate is 42%, calculated over 19 disposed applications (8 allowed, 11 abandoned). This is a historical aggregate and not a forecast of any individual application.
• 02How many art units does this examiner cover?

  The examiner's public record spans 1 art unit in TC 2100.
• 03What is the difference between total applications and disposed applications?

  Total applications (46) includes all filings. Disposed applications (19) are those that have reached final decision—either allowed or abandoned. Pending cases are excluded from the allowance-rate calculation.
• 04What does the allowance rate include?

  The allowance rate is the percentage of allowed applications among all decided cases. It includes allowed and abandoned applications only; pending applications are not part of the calculation.

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