Examiner Ramon A Mercado has allowed 332 of 411 decided applications (81%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Ramon A Mercado maintains a public record across three art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 411 disposed applications, his allowance rate is 81%, reflecting 332 allowed and 79 abandoned applications. The allowance rate ranges from 20% to 85% across his art units, indicating variation in outcomes by subject area within TC 2100. This pooled figure aggregates work across distinct art units and describes the historical record only.
This record is pooled across multiple art units, meaning it combines applications from different subject areas within TC 2100. The aggregate allowance rate reflects past dispositions and is not a prediction for any specific application. Rates vary across individual art units; the overall 81% does not apply uniformly to every art unit. Understanding pooled data requires recognizing it as a summary that masks underlying variation by subject 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 →
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 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 131 decided applications with an interview and 201 without.
Primarily examines data-processing methods for specific functions, and processing data by its order or content.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 16 decided applications with an interview and 43 without.
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Based on 20 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ramon A Mercado 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: 411 applications.
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