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Examiner Nupur Debnath

TECH CENTER 2100 · 4 ART UNITS · 89 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 4 ART UNITS
65%vs 70% weighted peer average5 pts

Examiner Nupur Debnath has allowed 58 of 89 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed58abandoned31pending26· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (70%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (4 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2148 · 70%AU 2186 · 67%AU 2189 · 63%AU 2129 · 43%
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What the data says.

Nupur Debnath maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning four art units (2129, 2148, 2186, and 2189). Across dozens of decided applications pooled from these art units, the examiner's allowance rate is 65%. The allowance rate ranges from 63% to 70% across the examiner's art units with substantial records. This pooled figure represents decided applications—those allowed or abandoned—and does not include pending matters.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates allowance data across multiple art units, producing a single figure that reflects past outcomes across different subject areas within the technology center. The overall allowance rate describes historical disposition and is not a prediction for any specific application. Individual art units may show variation; a separate section of this page provides per-art-unit detail for those seeking more granular context.

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 2148
46 APPS · 70% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

70% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION32 / 14 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION29.5 moart unit avg 29.6 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY44.6 moart unit avg 42.4 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 eligibility78%art unit 70%+8 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)93%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness93%art unit 89%+4 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness41%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 46 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2186
38 APPS · 67% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

67% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 72%
DISPOSITION8 / 4 / 26allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION36.3 moart unit avg 22.9 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY41.4 moart unit avg 35 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 eligibility64%art unit 32%+32 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)85%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness85%art unit 83%+2 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness52%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 38 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2189
24 APPS · 63% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

63% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 77%
DISPOSITION15 / 9 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION32 moart unit avg 26.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY48.1 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 eligibility79%art unit 45%+34 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)75%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness83%art unit 72%+11 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness67%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 24 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2129
7 APPS · 43% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

43% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION3 / 4 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION29.6 moart unit avg 28.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY35.7 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 eligibility67%art unit 62%+5 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness50%art unit 76%26 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness83%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 7 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Nupur Debnath

  • What is Nupur Debnath's allowance rate?
    The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 65% across dozens of decided applications in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The examiner maintains a public record across four art units: 2129, 2148, 2186, and 2189.
  • Does the allowance rate vary by art unit?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 63% to 70% across the examiner's art units with substantial records.
  • What does the pooled allowance rate mean for my application?
    The pooled figure is a historical summary and is not a prediction for any specific application. Actual outcomes depend on claim scope, prior art, and examination of the particular application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Nupur Debnath 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: 115 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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