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Examiner Aaron D Ho

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 286 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT
78%vs 65% art-unit average+13 pts

Examiner Aaron D Ho has allowed 222 of 286 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed222abandoned64pending30· pending excluded from the rate
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
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What the data says.

Aaron D Ho maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), spanning one art unit. Across hundreds of decided applications, his allowance rate is 78%. This figure represents the share of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined), excluding pending matters. The 78% allowance rate reflects the examiner's historical record and does not indicate the outcome of any specific application.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates all decided applications across the examiner's art units in TC 2100. The allowance rate describes past decisions and is correlational data only—it is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Aggregate figures mask variation across different art units and application types. Review of individual art-unit records and specific application facts remains necessary for case-specific analysis.

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 →

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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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2139
316 APPS · 78% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.

78% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION222 / 64 / 30allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION17 moart unit avg 24 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY30.1 moart unit avg 37.7 mo
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REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility28%art unit 21%+7 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)96%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness92%art unit 80%+12 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness74%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW82%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW71%+11 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 167 decided applications with an interview and 119 without.

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Questions about Examiner Aaron D Ho

  • What is Aaron D Ho's overall allowance rate?
    78% across hundreds of decided applications pooled across all art units in TC 2100. This reflects allowed applications as a share of all decided (allowed and abandoned) applications, excluding pending cases.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    One art unit. The record spans TC 2100 and is reported as a pooled aggregate.
  • Is the 78% allowance rate a prediction for my application?
    No. The allowance rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual results depend on claim scope, prior art, and examination.
  • What technology areas does this examiner handle?
    Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). For detailed art-unit subject matter, see the separate art-unit section.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Aaron D Ho has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated July 14, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 316 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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