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Examiner Daniel Calrissian Puentes

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 54 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION DEC 2020
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT
85%vs 51% art-unit average+34 pts

Examiner Daniel Calrissian Puentes has allowed 46 of 54 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed46abandoned8pending0· pending excluded from the rate
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
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What the data says.

Patent Examiner Daniel Calrissian Puentes maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across dozens of decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 85%. This rate reflects the percentage of applications that were allowed or abandoned in the examiner's pooled record. The examiner's portfolio spans 1 art unit. The allowance rate is computed from decided applications only and does not include pending filings.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates examination outcomes across all of the examiner's art units in TC 2100. The 85% allowance rate describes what occurred in past decided cases and is a historical measure only—not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled figures mask variation that may exist between individual art units; applicants reviewing art-unit-specific data will see granular detail unavailable in this summary.

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 2123
54 APPS · 85% ALLOWANCE

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

85% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 51%
DISPOSITION46 / 8 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.3 moart unit avg 29.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY33.2 moart unit avg 43.8 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 eligibility19%art unit 61%42 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)63%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness85%art unit 85%±0 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness81%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW80%+15 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 19 decided applications with an interview and 35 without.

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Questions about Examiner Daniel Calrissian Puentes

  • What is Examiner Puentes' overall allowance rate?
    The overall allowance rate is 85%, computed as the share of allowed and abandoned applications among all decided cases in the examiner's pooled record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans 1 art unit in TC 2100.
  • Does this pooled allowance rate apply to my application?
    No. The pooled rate is historical and does not predict outcomes for any individual application. Art-unit-specific rates and other application details may differ materially.
  • What subject matter does this examiner handle?
    This examiner works in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Daniel Calrissian Puentes 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: 54 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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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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