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Examiner Pedro J Santos

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 270 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION DEC 2023
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Pedro J Santos has allowed 221 of 270 decided applications (82%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

82% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Pedro J Santos holds a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 270 disposed applications, 221 were allowed and 49 abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 82% over the decided count. This record spans a single art unit. The 82% allowance rate describes the examiner's historical disposition of completed applications and is not a prediction of outcome for any specific filing. All figures are pooled across the art units in the examiner's record.

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This profile aggregates the examiner's record across all assigned art units into a single pooled allowance rate. The 82% figure reflects past decisions on 270 completed applications and describes historical performance only. Pooled rates combine different art units and subject matters; they characterize the overall record without predicting individual application outcomes. Applicants review such figures for context, not as 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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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 2167
270 APPS · 82% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

82% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 67%
DISPOSITION221 / 49 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION21.1 moart unit avg 24.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY34.8 moart unit avg 41.2 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility39% · art unit 43%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)83%
§103 — Obviousness91% · art unit 75%
§112 — Written description & definiteness18%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW93%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW63%+30 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 166 decided applications with an interview and 104 without.

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Questions about Examiner Pedro J Santos

  • What is the overall allowance rate for Pedro J Santos?
    The allowance rate is 82%, calculated over 270 disposed applications (221 allowed, 49 abandoned). This rate describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Pedro J Santos is assigned to one art unit (Art Unit 2167) within TC 2100.
  • What does the pooled allowance rate mean?
    The pooled allowance rate aggregates all disposed applications across the examiner's art units. It reflects the share of decided cases that resulted in allowance and describes past performance, not a prediction for any particular application.
  • What technology center is this examiner 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 Pedro J Santos 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: 270 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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