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Examiner Claudia B Dragoescu

TECH CENTER 2100 · 4 ART UNITS · 465 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2024
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 4 ART UNITS

Examiner Claudia B Dragoescu has allowed 347 of 465 decided applications (75%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

75% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2141 · 67%AU 2175 · 89%AU 2142 · 100%AU 2171 · 0%
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What the data says.

Examiner Claudia B Dragoescu maintains a public record across four art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 465 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 347, yielding an allowance rate of 75%. This rate reflects outcomes among decided cases (allowed and abandoned combined); pending applications are excluded from this calculation. Allowance rates across the examiner's art units range from 67% to 100%, reflecting variation in outcomes by art unit within TC 2100.

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A pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units, presenting an overall historical allowance rate. This figure describes past outcomes on decided applications and is not a prediction of disposition on any specific application. Individual art units may show different allowance rates. Pooled statistics do not indicate how any single application will be examined or decided.

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 2141
301 APPS · 67% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

67% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION203 / 98 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.9 moart unit avg 28.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY40.8 moart unit avg 47.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility39% · art unit 49%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)52%
§103 — Obviousness98% · art unit 91%
§112 — Written description & definiteness36%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW88%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW49%+39 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 142 decided applications with an interview and 159 without.

ART UNIT 2175
139 APPS · 89% ALLOWANCE

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

89% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION124 / 15 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION10.8 moart unit avg 22.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY23.1 moart unit avg 37.8 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility44% · art unit 30%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)44%
§103 — Obviousness97% · art unit 87%
§112 — Written description & definiteness36%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW99%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW74%+25 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 86 decided applications with an interview and 53 without.

ART UNIT 2142
20 APPS · 100% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

100% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 45%
DISPOSITION20 / 0 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION21.3 moart unit avg 30.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY27.6 moart unit avg 48.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility65% · art unit 57%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)30%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 93%
§112 — Written description & definiteness45%

Based on 20 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2171
5 APPS · 0% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
0% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 56%
DISPOSITION0 / 5 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION34.2 moart unit avg 22 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY40.8 moart unit avg 37.2 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility100% · art unit 38%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness75% · art unit 89%
§112 — Written description & definiteness25%

Based on 5 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Claudia B Dragoescu

  • What is Examiner Dragoescu's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 75% over 465 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    The record spans four art units: 2141, 2142, 2171, and 2175.
  • Do allowance rates vary across Examiner Dragoescu's art units?
    Yes. Allowance rates across these art units range from 67% to 100%. This range reflects variation in outcomes by art unit.
  • What does this pooled rate tell me about my application?
    This pooled figure describes past outcomes and is not a prediction of any specific application's disposition.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Claudia B Dragoescu 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: 465 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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