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Examiner Joseph E Avellino

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 143 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Joseph E Avellino has allowed 78 of 143 decided applications (55%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

55% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2143 · 54%AU 2146 · 58%
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What the data says.

Joseph E Avellino maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning two art units. Across 143 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 78 and abandoned 65, yielding an allowance rate of 55%. The allowance rate ranges from 54% to 58% across these art units. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's record in both units and describes historical outcomes on decided applications only; pending applications are excluded from this calculation.

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A pooled record combines results across multiple art units into a single aggregate figure. The overall allowance rate reflects past decisions on applications marked allowed or abandoned and does not include pending filings. This historical snapshot describes what has been disposed and does not forecast outcomes on any individual application. Art-unit-specific rates may differ and are detailed separately in the examiner's per-unit profile.

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
119 APPS · 54% ALLOWANCE
54% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 52%
DISPOSITION64 / 55 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION36.8 moart unit avg 29.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY57.2 moart unit avg 45.7 mo
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW54%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW54%0 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 67 decided applications with an interview and 52 without.

ART UNIT 2146
24 APPS · 58% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

58% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 50%
DISPOSITION14 / 10 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION32.7 moart unit avg 32 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY61.2 moart unit avg 45 mo
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Questions about Examiner Joseph E Avellino

  • What is Joseph E Avellino's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 55%, calculated over 143 disposed applications (78 allowed, 65 abandoned). This describes past decisions on closed applications and is not a prediction about any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans 2 art units in Technology Center 2100: art units 2143 and 2146.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across the examiner's art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 54% to 58% across the examiner's art units. This range reflects variation in historical outcomes in individual units; the pooled 55% figure aggregates both.
  • What does this record include or exclude?
    The pooled record includes applications disposed as allowed or abandoned. Pending applications are excluded. This historical data describes past outcomes and does not predict results on any new or pending application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Joseph E Avellino 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: 143 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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