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Examiner Alicia M Antoine

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 132 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION AUG 2021
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Alicia M Antoine has allowed 79 of 132 decided applications (60%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

60% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Examiner Alicia M Antoine maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across a single art unit, the examiner has disposed of 132 applications. Of those decided applications, 79 were allowed and 53 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 60%. This allowance rate reflects the examiner's overall record on applications that reached a final disposition. The data covers the examiner's pooled work across all assigned art units within TC 2100.

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This record aggregates the examiner's performance across all art units within a single technology center. The allowance rate of 60% describes decided applications in the examiner's past record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled figures mask variation that may exist between art units and do not indicate how any individual case will be examined or decided. Historical aggregate rates reflect work already completed.

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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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 2162
132 APPS · 60% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

60% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION79 / 53 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.5 moart unit avg 23.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY48.2 moart unit avg 41.8 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility71% · art unit 56%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)98%
§103 — Obviousness92% · art unit 79%
§112 — Written description & definiteness72%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW72%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW29%+43 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 94 decided applications with an interview and 38 without.

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Questions about Examiner Alicia M Antoine

  • What is Examiner Antoine's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 60%, based on 79 allowed applications and 53 abandoned applications out of 132 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    This examiner's record covers one art unit within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate measure?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of applications that were allowed, expressed as a share of all decided (disposed) applications. Pending applications are excluded from this calculation.
  • Is this rate predictive of my application's outcome?
    No. The allowance rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Alicia M Antoine 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 June 25, 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: 132 applications.

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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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