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Examiner Rupal Dharia

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 23 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2007
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS

Examiner Rupal Dharia has allowed 20 of 23 decided applications (87%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

87% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2181 · 92%AU 2189 · 100%AU 2141 · 50%
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Examiner Rupal Dharia has a public record of 23 disposed applications across Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of those 23 decided applications, 20 were allowed and 3 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 87%. This record spans 3 art units within TC 2100. The figures presented here aggregate the examiner's work across all three art units and reflect outcomes on applications that have reached final disposition.

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This record is a pooled aggregate across multiple art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate and application counts combine work from different examination areas. Aggregate figures describe the past record only and are not predictions about any specific application. Individual art-unit records may vary and are detailed separately. These statistics reflect historical outcomes and do not indicate how any particular future application will be examined.

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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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2181
13 APPS · 92% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

92% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 74%
DISPOSITION12 / 1 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION6.2 moart unit avg 18.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY13.1 moart unit avg 33.3 mo
ART UNIT 2189
6 APPS · 100% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

100% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 77%
DISPOSITION6 / 0 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION8.9 moart unit avg 26.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY16.6 moart unit avg 39 mo
ART UNIT 2141
4 APPS · 50% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

50% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION2 / 2 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25.2 moart unit avg 28.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY47.6 moart unit avg 47.1 mo
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Questions about Examiner Rupal Dharia

  • What is Examiner Dharia's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 87%, calculated from 20 allowed applications and 3 abandoned applications out of 23 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    This pooled record spans 3 art units within Technology Center 2100: art units 2141, 2181, and 2189.
  • What does the allowance rate measure?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided (disposed) applications that were allowed. It excludes pending applications and is calculated only from applications that have reached final disposition.
  • Does this rate apply to my specific application?
    This aggregate rate describes past outcomes across all three art units and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual applications may have different results.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Rupal Dharia 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: 23 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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