Examiner Ariel Mercado Vargas has allowed 357 of 491 decided applications (73%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Ariel Mercado Vargas maintains a public record across 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 491 disposed applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 73%. The examiner's allowance rate ranges from 69% to 88% across these art units. Of 532 total applications on record, 357 were allowed and 134 were abandoned. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's work across all three art units and reflects historical dispositions only.
This record pools applications across multiple art units in TC 2100. The 73% allowance rate describes decided cases (allowed plus abandoned) and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. The range from 69% to 88% reflects variation among the examiner's separate art units; the aggregate figure does not indicate performance in any single unit. Pooled data describes the past record and provides context for understanding examiner history across the technology center.
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.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 204 decided applications with an interview and 167 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 49 decided applications with an interview and 48 without.
Based on 23 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ariel Mercado Vargas 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: 532 applications.
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