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Examiner Aurel Prifti

TECH CENTER 2100 · 4 ART UNITS · 676 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 4 ART UNITS
84%vs 74% weighted peer average+10 pts

Examiner Aurel Prifti has allowed 566 of 676 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed566abandoned110pending32· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (74%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (4 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2186 · 90%AU 2115 · 75%AU 2175 · 84%AU 2116 · 81%
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What the data says.

Examiner Aurel Prifti maintains a public record across four art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across hundreds of decided applications pooled from these art units, the examiner's allowance rate is 84%. This rate reflects the share of decided applications that resulted in allowance, excluding pending matters. The allowance rate ranges from 75% to 90% across the examiner's art units, indicating variation in outcomes by art unit. This pooled figure represents the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.

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How to read these numbers.

This profile aggregates the examiner's record across multiple art units into a single pooled allowance rate. The 84% figure describes past decisions on applications already decided—allowed or abandoned—and does not forecast the result of any pending or future application. Pooled rates mask individual art-unit variation; the range of 75% to 90% shows dispersion across units. Historical rates are correlational data reflecting what occurred, not causal predictors of what will occur in any individual case.

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 2186
291 APPS · 90% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

90% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 72%
DISPOSITION263 / 28 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION18.7 moart unit avg 22.9 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY28.3 moart unit avg 35 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility27%art unit 32%5 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)32%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness92%art unit 83%+9 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness48%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW87%+8 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 127 decided applications with an interview and 164 without.

ART UNIT 2115
200 APPS · 75% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines control or regulating systems, and electric power networks.

75% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 81%
DISPOSITION150 / 50 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.9 moart unit avg 25.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY41.5 moart unit avg 36.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility29%art unit 33%4 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)70%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness93%art unit 83%+10 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness49%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW60%+35 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 86 decided applications with an interview and 114 without.

ART UNIT 2175
120 APPS · 84% ALLOWANCE

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

84% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION74 / 14 / 32allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION18.8 moart unit avg 22.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY28.7 moart unit avg 37.8 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility18%art unit 29%11 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)52%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness94%art unit 87%+7 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness47%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW88%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW80%+8 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 43 decided applications with an interview and 45 without.

ART UNIT 2116
97 APPS · 81% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines control or regulating systems.

81% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 78%
DISPOSITION79 / 18 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION17.5 moart unit avg 24.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY29.8 moart unit avg 37.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility30%art unit 32%2 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)37%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness88%art unit 83%+5 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness42%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW70%+25 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 44 decided applications with an interview and 53 without.

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Questions about Examiner Aurel Prifti

  • What is Examiner Prifti's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 84% across hundreds of decided applications pooled from all four art units. This is the share of decided (allowed and abandoned) applications that were allowed.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Examiner Prifti has a public record spanning four art units: 2115, 2116, 2175, and 2186, all within TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 75% to 90% across the examiner's art units, indicating that outcomes differ by art unit.
  • What does this pooled rate mean for my application?
    The pooled rate describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application. Actual outcomes depend on application-specific facts, claims, and prior art.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Aurel Prifti 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: 708 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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