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Examiner Ronald T Modo

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 406 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION NOV 2023
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Ronald T Modo has allowed 323 of 406 decided applications (80%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

80% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Ronald T Modo's public record spans one art unit within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 406 disposed applications, 323 were allowed and 83 abandoned, yielding an 80% allowance rate. This rate reflects the ratio of allowed to all decided applications in the pooled record and is based solely on applications with final outcomes. The figure does not account for pending applications and represents the examiner's historical record across the art units covered.

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This pooled record aggregates data across all art units in which the examiner works. The allowance rate and application counts describe the past record and represent correlations within that historical data. These figures are not predictions about the outcome of any particular application. Art units may vary in subject matter, applicant behavior, and other factors; pooled statistics smooth these differences into a single aggregate view of the examiner's overall record.

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 2181
406 APPS · 80% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units, and program control and execution.

80% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 74%
DISPOSITION323 / 83 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION16 moart unit avg 18.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY27.2 moart unit avg 33.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility12% · art unit 18%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)78%
§103 — Obviousness90% · art unit 69%
§112 — Written description & definiteness44%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW87%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW68%+19 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 245 decided applications with an interview and 161 without.

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Questions about Examiner Ronald T Modo

  • What is Ronald T Modo's overall allowance rate?
    The overall allowance rate is 80%, based on 323 allowed applications and 83 abandoned applications out of 406 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    This record covers one art unit (2181) within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • What does the pooled allowance rate mean?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) that were allowed. It is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application.
  • Does this record include pending applications?
    No. The allowance rate is calculated from disposed applications only—those with final outcomes. Pending applications are excluded from the calculation.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ronald T Modo 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: 406 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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