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Examiner Carl P Lobo

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 104 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAY 2021
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Carl P Lobo has allowed 21 of 104 decided applications (20%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

20% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Carl P Lobo's public record spans one art unit in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 104 disposed applications, 21 were allowed and 83 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 20% over the decided record. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's output across all art units in TC 2100 and reflects historical dispositions only—it is not a predictor of any specific application's outcome.

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This record aggregates applications across all art units assigned to the examiner. The allowance rate of 20% describes past dispositions pooled together and is a historical metric only. Aggregate figures do not predict outcomes on individual applications, which depend on claim scope, prior art, and prosecution particulars. Different art units within TC 2100 may have different profiles; per-art-unit data appears separately on this page.

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 2179
104 APPS · 20% ALLOWANCE
20% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION21 / 83 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22.7 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY51.9 moart unit avg 43.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility70% · art unit 39%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)91%
§103 — Obviousness99% · art unit 86%
§112 — Written description & definiteness75%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW32%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW2%+30 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 63 decided applications with an interview and 41 without.

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Questions about Examiner Carl P Lobo

  • What is Carl P Lobo's overall allowance rate?
    20% over 104 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    One art unit (2179) in TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate predict the outcome of my application?
    No. The rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • Why were so many applications abandoned?
    The record shows 83 of 104 disposed applications were abandoned; reasons vary by case and are not visible in these aggregate statistics.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Carl P Lobo 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: 104 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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