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Examiner Carlos Alberto Espana

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 26 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Carlos Alberto Espana has allowed 18 of 26 decided applications (69%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

69% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Carlos Alberto Espana has a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record spans 1 art unit and covers 61 total applications. Of 26 disposed applications, 18 were allowed and 8 were abandoned. His allowance rate across decided applications is 69%. This figure reflects outcomes on applications that have reached final disposition; it does not include pending applications and is not a prediction of outcomes on any specific filing.

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This record aggregates data across all art units in which the examiner has acted. The allowance rate of 69% describes past dispositions on 26 decided applications and reflects historical outcomes only. Pooled figures do not isolate performance by art unit or predict the outcome of any individual application. A separate section of this page presents per-art-unit detail if available.

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2199
61 APPS · 69% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines software engineering, and program control and execution.

69% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 73%
DISPOSITION18 / 8 / 35allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION31.5 moart unit avg 25.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY43.5 moart unit avg 41.8 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility47% · art unit 48%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 89%
§112 — Written description & definiteness40%
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Questions about Examiner Carlos Alberto Espana

  • What is Carlos Alberto Espana's overall allowance rate?
    His allowance rate is 69%, calculated from 18 allowed applications out of 26 disposed applications in his pooled record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    This record covers 1 art unit. The pooled figures aggregate all dispositions across that unit.
  • Does the allowance rate predict outcomes on my application?
    No. The allowance rate is a historical statistic describing past decided applications. It is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • What do the disposed and total application counts mean?
    Total applications is 61. Disposed applications (26) are those decided—allowed or abandoned. Pending applications are excluded from the allowance-rate calculation.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Carlos Alberto Espana 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: 61 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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