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A patent examiner's allowance rate is the share of their disposed applications that issue as patents. Across the USPTO it runs from under 20% to over 95%, so looking up your examiner, their rejection patterns, and how interviews and RCEs have performed on their docket is the fastest way to read the odds before you respond to an office action.

Source USPTO Patent Center (formerly PAIR). Filing years 2021 to 2025, updated monthly.

ExaminerDifficulty
Frank S. Hou169267.0%Hard
Jason E. Flick378388.0%Average
Nizal S. Chandrakumar162575.9%Average
Dennis H. Pedder361290.6%Favorable
Mohammed S. Alawadi372585.5%Average
Nathan L. Van Sell178358.5%Very Hard
Raymond Alejandro175287.6%Average
Cameron Kenneth Miller173175.6%Average
Kyle Walraed-Sullivan363576.0%Average
Christopher E. Dunay287590.7%Average
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The full examiner dataset behind every profile

The public profiles are a slice. The complete Prosecution Intel dataset powers your AI Studio drafts and is searchable on its own, computed from USPTO file wrappers, not scraped summaries.

Examiner statistics

Allowance rate, average office actions, days to first action, RCE rate, interview rate, and recent dispositions for every active examiner.

Art units and tech centers

Aggregate allowance, pendency, and RCE behavior across every art unit and all 23 tech centers. Spot units that run tougher before you file.

Applicant insights

Prosecution behavior for 30,000+ assignees. See how competitors are actually performing in front of the USPTO.

Rejection analytics

How often an examiner drops a section 103 when pushed. Overcame versus maintained rates per section, year by year.

Interview and RCE effectiveness

Allowance rate with an interview versus without, and the same for RCEs. Per examiner, per year, so you know whether it is worth the cost.

Office action library

Read the full rejection text from 3.1M office actions. Search for the exact phrasing an examiner keeps reusing.

Responses, amendments, and track changes

Pull the full remarks, amendments, and a claim by claim redline for any office action response in the file wrapper.

AI search

Ask plain-English questions like examiners in TC 2800 with over 80 percent allowance and low RCE use, and get an instant filtered answer.

Browse by technology center.

Every examiner belongs to an art unit inside one of nine USPTO technology centers, and difficulty varies widely between them. Public examiner profiles are rolling out across all nine.

Tech Center 1600
Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry
Tech Center 1700
Chemical & Materials Engineering
Tech Center 2100
Computer Architecture & Software
Tech Center 2400
Networking, Multiplexing, Cable & Security
Tech Center 2600
Communications
Tech Center 2800
Semiconductors, Electrical & Optical Systems
Tech Center 2900
Designs
Tech Center 3600
Transportation, Construction, Agriculture & e-Commerce
Tech Center 3700
Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing & Medical Devices

Frequently asked questions.

What is a patent examiner's allowance rate?
The share of an examiner's disposed applications that issued as patents (sometimes called grant rate). Across our 2021–2025 dataset the USPTO average is 82.1%, but individual examiners range from under 20% to over 95%, which is why looking up your examiner matters before you respond.
How do I find out who my patent examiner is?
The examiner's name appears on the first page of every office action, and in USPTO Patent Center under your application once it is docketed to an art unit.
Where does this examiner data come from?
Statistics are computed from USPTO Patent Center (formerly PAIR) file wrappers, filing years 2021–2025, updated monthly. The public profiles are a slice of the full Prosecution Intel dataset.
Are these examiner statistics free?
Yes. Public examiner profiles are free with no login. The full dataset, AI search, and drafting in AI Studio that takes the examiner's prosecution history into consideration are part of the paid plans, which you can try on a free trial.
Can AI Studio draft my office action response?
Yes. Inside AI Studio you can draft a response that automatically takes your examiner's prosecution history into consideration, the rejections they issue, and the arguments that have overcome them, and you can ask questions about the examiner in plain English. AI Studio is an assistive tool, not legal advice, and final decisions rest with you and your licensed practitioner.

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Examiner statistics are compiled from public USPTO records (Patent Center) for informational purposes only. They describe historical prosecution patterns, are not legal advice, and do not predict outcomes in any specific matter. Consult a licensed patent attorney or agent about your application.