Examiner Francisco Javier Aponte has allowed 611 of 688 decided applications (89%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Francisco Javier Aponte maintains a public record across four art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 688 disposed applications, he issued allowances in 611 cases, for an allowance rate of 89%. The allowance rate varies across his art units, ranging from 85% to 94%. This pooled figure aggregates decisions made in art units 2151, 2158, 2198, and 2199 and reflects the examiner's historical record on decided applications only; 77 applications were abandoned.
A pooled record aggregates statistics across multiple art units into a single historical summary. The allowance rate shown here is the aggregate of all decided applications across all four art units and describes what has occurred in the past. This pooled figure is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application. Individual art units within TC 2100 may have different rates; that detail appears separately.
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 →
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.
Primarily examines software engineering, and program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 222 decided applications with an interview and 146 without.
Primarily examines program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 114 decided applications with an interview and 81 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 59 decided applications with an interview and 64 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Based on 2 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Francisco Javier Aponte 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: 712 applications.
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