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Examiner Nithya Janakiraman Moll

TECH CENTER 2100 · 5 ART UNITS · 608 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 5 ART UNITS
67%vs 62% weighted peer average+5 pts

Examiner Nithya Janakiraman Moll has allowed 410 of 608 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed410abandoned198pending40· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (62%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (5 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2128 · 65%AU 2189 · 82%AU 2123 · 63%AU 2129 · 70%AU 2148 · 55%
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What the data says.

Examiner Nithya Janakiraman Moll maintains a public record across five art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across hundreds of decided applications, the examiner's overall allowance rate is 67%. This rate represents the share of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned) in the examiner's pooled record. The allowance rate varies across the examiner's art units, ranging from 55% to 82%. This range reflects differences in application outcomes across the five art units in which the examiner has maintained a substantial record.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates outcomes across multiple art units within TC 2100. The overall allowance rate of 67% describes the examiner's past aggregate record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. The range from 55% to 82% shows that allowance rates differ among the individual art units; a separate detailed section of this page presents per-art-unit statistics. Pooled figures are useful for understanding an examiner's overall pattern but do not predict results in any particular matter.

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 2128
170 APPS · 65% ALLOWANCE

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

65% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION111 / 59 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25.9 moart unit avg 30 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY44.6 moart unit avg 46.5 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 eligibility70%art unit 66%+4 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)52%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness73%art unit 84%11 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness62%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW71%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW62%+9 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 56 decided applications with an interview and 114 without.

ART UNIT 2189
149 APPS · 82% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

82% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 77%
DISPOSITION89 / 20 / 40allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION31.3 moart unit avg 26.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY42.5 moart unit avg 39 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 eligibility75%art unit 45%+30 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)52%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness63%art unit 72%9 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness77%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW82%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW82%0 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 49 decided applications with an interview and 60 without.

ART UNIT 2123
143 APPS · 63% ALLOWANCE

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

63% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 51%
DISPOSITION90 / 53 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION29.4 moart unit avg 29.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY46.7 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 eligibility60%art unit 61%1 pt
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)16%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness60%art unit 85%25 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness56%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW82%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW56%+26 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 39 decided applications with an interview and 104 without.

ART UNIT 2129
117 APPS · 70% ALLOWANCE

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

70% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION82 / 35 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION28 moart unit avg 28.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY51.2 moart unit avg 42.3 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 eligibility85%art unit 62%+23 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)69%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness84%art unit 76%+8 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness80%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW82%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW59%+23 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 56 decided applications with an interview and 61 without.

ART UNIT 2148
69 APPS · 55% ALLOWANCE

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

55% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION38 / 31 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION21.3 moart unit avg 29.6 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY35.3 moart unit avg 42.4 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 eligibility49%art unit 70%21 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)64%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness91%art unit 89%+2 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness80%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW61%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW51%+10 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 28 decided applications with an interview and 41 without.

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Questions about Examiner Nithya Janakiraman Moll

  • What is Examiner Moll's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's overall allowance rate is 67% across hundreds of decided applications pooled from all five art units. This represents the share of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned).
  • How many art units does Examiner Moll work in?
    Examiner Moll maintains a public record across five art units within TC 2100: 2123, 2128, 2129, 2148, and 2189.
  • Does the allowance rate vary by art unit?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 55% to 82% across the examiner's art units with substantial records. Per-art-unit detail is presented in a separate section of this page.
  • What technology center does Examiner Moll work in?
    Examiner Moll 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 Nithya Janakiraman Moll 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: 648 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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