Examiner Alvaro Rafael Calderon Santiago has allowed 121 of 281 decided applications (43%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Alvaro Rafael Calderon Santiago has a pooled public record of 319 total applications across Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 281 disposed applications, 121 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 43%. The examiner's record spans 2 art units. Allowance rates across these art units range from 36% to 66%. This pooled figure—43% across 281 decided cases—describes the examiner's historical record and does not constitute a prediction for any individual application.
A pooled record aggregates decisions across multiple art units into a single allowance rate. This aggregate figure describes past outcomes and reflects the examiner's overall profile across the units represented, but it is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual art units may show different rates. Allowance rate is calculated as allowed applications divided by disposed (decided) applications; pending cases are excluded.
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 →
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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 141 decided applications with an interview and 76 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 42 decided applications with an interview and 22 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Alvaro Rafael Calderon Santiago 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: 319 applications.
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