Examiner Joseph D Torres has allowed 1,474 of 1,842 decided applications (80%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Joseph D Torres has a public record spanning 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 1,842 disposed applications, his allowance rate is 80%. The allowance rate ranges from 77% to 80% across these art units. This pooled record aggregates outcomes from multiple distinct art units and describes historical disposition data. The figures reflect decided applications—those allowed or abandoned—and do not include pending filings.
This examiner's public record aggregates performance across 2 art units in TC 2100. The pooled allowance rate of 80% represents a historical average across different art-unit jurisdictions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Rates vary across art units, ranging from 77% to 80%. Aggregate figures describe past record; individual applications are examined independently.
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 error detection, correction, and monitoring, and error-correcting coding/decoding.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 407 decided applications with an interview and 1,176 without.
Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 129 decided applications with an interview and 130 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Joseph D Torres 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: 1,875 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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