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Examiner Hugo Molina

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 194 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION APR 2021
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT
69%vs 52% art-unit average+17 pts

Examiner Hugo Molina has allowed 134 of 194 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed134abandoned60pending0· pending excluded from the rate
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
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What the data says.

Hugo Molina maintains a public record across one art unit in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled allowance rate stands at 69% across hundreds of decided applications. This rate represents the percentage of applications that were allowed, measured against all decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined), with pending applications excluded from the calculation. The 69% allowance rate reflects the examiner's historical disposition on applications decided in TC 2100.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across all art units in which the examiner has decided applications. The 69% allowance rate describes past outcomes on decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled figures smooth variation across different art units and subject areas within TC 2100. Individual art-unit records, where available, may differ from this aggregate. Allowance rates are historical observations, not forecasts.

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 2143
194 APPS · 69% ALLOWANCE
69% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 52%
DISPOSITION134 / 60 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION21.4 moart unit avg 29.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY40.3 moart unit avg 45.7 mo
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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 eligibility54%art unit 52%+2 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)84%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness99%art unit 94%+5 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness67%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW78%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW43%+35 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 143 decided applications with an interview and 51 without.

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Questions about Examiner Hugo Molina

  • What is Hugo Molina's overall allowance rate?
    His pooled allowance rate is 69% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100. This reflects the share of decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) that resulted in allowance.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    This pooled record covers one art unit. The allowance rate aggregates all applications decided by the examiner across that unit.
  • Does a 69% allowance rate predict my application's outcome?
    No. The 69% figure is a historical statistic of past decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • What subject matter does this examiner handle?
    The examiner's record is 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 Hugo Molina 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: 194 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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