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Examiner Ashley Fortino

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 288 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUL 2024
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Ashley Fortino has allowed 178 of 288 decided applications (62%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

62% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2143 · 64%AU 2176 · 26%
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What the data says.

Ashley Fortino's public record spans 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over a pooled career record of 288 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 178 applications and 110 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 62% across all decided cases. This rate reflects outcomes across the examiner's assigned art units and represents the proportion of applications that were allowed among all disposed (decided) applications in the examiner's record.

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This pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units and therefore describes the examiner's overall historical performance rather than a prediction for any single application. Aggregate allowance figures describe past outcomes across different subject-matter areas and applicant cohorts. Individual art-unit records, where available, may show variation from the pooled rate and provide more granular subject-matter context.

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 2143
269 APPS · 64% ALLOWANCE
64% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 52%
DISPOSITION173 / 96 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.8 moart unit avg 29.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY42.8 moart unit avg 45.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility49% · art unit 53%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)80%
§103 — Obviousness99% · art unit 94%
§112 — Written description & definiteness30%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW82%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW43%+39 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 147 decided applications with an interview and 122 without.

ART UNIT 2176
19 APPS · 26% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.

26% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 59%
DISPOSITION5 / 14 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25.3 moart unit avg 23.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY34.6 moart unit avg 40.5 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility67% · art unit 41%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)75%
§103 — Obviousness92% · art unit 87%
§112 — Written description & definiteness0%

Based on 19 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Ashley Fortino

  • What is Ashley Fortino's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 62%, based on 178 allowed applications and 110 abandoned applications among 288 total disposed cases. This is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units has this examiner worked in?
    Ashley Fortino's record spans 2 art units (2143 and 2176) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate include or exclude?
    The allowance rate is calculated from decided (disposed) applications only—allowed plus abandoned. It excludes any pending applications and does not reflect all filings received.
  • Does this record apply to my specific application?
    No. This pooled historical record does not predict the outcome of any particular application. Individual results vary based on claim scope, prior art, prosecution history, and other application-specific factors.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ashley Fortino 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: 288 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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