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Examiner Caroline H Arcos

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 178 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2017
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Caroline H Arcos has allowed 138 of 178 decided applications (78%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

78% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Caroline H Arcos maintains a pooled allowance rate of 78% across 178 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of those disposed applications, 138 were allowed and 40 were abandoned. Her public record spans a single art unit, Art Unit 2195. The 78% allowance rate reflects the ratio of allowed applications to all decided applications (allowed plus abandoned), excluding any pending matters. This figure describes her historical record across the applications decided to date.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates all disposed applications across the examiner's art units. The allowance rate—a historical statistic—describes what percentage of decided applications resulted in allowance and is calculated from the allowed and abandoned application counts only. Pooled figures do not account for variation among individual art units and are not predictions of outcome in any specific application. They serve as a summary of past dispositions only.

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 2195
178 APPS · 78% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

78% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 73%
DISPOSITION138 / 40 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION43.4 moart unit avg 33.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY70 moart unit avg 48.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility51% · art unit 49%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)26%
§103 — Obviousness88% · art unit 93%
§112 — Written description & definiteness81%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW93%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW52%+41 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 111 decided applications with an interview and 67 without.

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Questions about Examiner Caroline H Arcos

  • What is Caroline H Arcos's overall allowance rate?
    The overall allowance rate is 78%, based on 138 allowed applications and 40 abandoned applications out of 178 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The record spans one art unit: Art Unit 2195, in Technology Center 2100.
  • What subject matter does this examiner handle?
    This examiner works in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • Does the allowance rate predict the outcome of my application?
    No. The allowance rate is a historical statistic of past dispositions and is not a prediction of any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Caroline H Arcos 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: 178 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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