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Examiner Shourjo Dasgupta

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 479 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
67%vs 54% weighted peer average+13 pts

Examiner Shourjo Dasgupta has allowed 322 of 479 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed322abandoned157pending36· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (54%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2174 · 65%AU 2144 · 76%AU 2176 · 70%
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What the data says.

Examiner Shourjo Dasgupta maintains a pooled allowance rate of 67% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His record spans 3 art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate—the percentage of applications that were allowed among all decided (allowed and abandoned) applications—represents his aggregate output across these art units. Allowance rates vary across individual art units, ranging from 65% to 76%. This pooled figure reflects the examiner's overall record and does not predict outcomes for any specific application.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units, presenting an examiner's combined allowance rate rather than art-unit-specific figures. The pooled allowance rate (67%) describes historical performance and is correlational data—a snapshot of past decisions. It is not a prediction of how any individual application will be examined or decided. Individual art units within the pooled set may have different rates. Pooled figures are most useful for understanding an examiner's broad record across their assigned subject areas.

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 2174
361 APPS · 65% ALLOWANCE
65% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION234 / 127 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY41.6 moart unit avg 42.9 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 eligibility55%art unit 33%+22 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)83%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness96%art unit 90%+6 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness52%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW77%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW42%+35 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 233 decided applications with an interview and 128 without.

ART UNIT 2144
127 APPS · 76% ALLOWANCE
76% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION69 / 22 / 36allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION30.8 moart unit avg 27.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY44.7 moart unit avg 41.7 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 eligibility43%art unit 45%2 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)91%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness97%art unit 92%+5 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness55%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW86%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW56%+30 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 59 decided applications with an interview and 32 without.

ART UNIT 2176
27 APPS · 70% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.

70% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 59%
DISPOSITION19 / 8 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.3 moart unit avg 23.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY32.9 moart unit avg 40.5 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 eligibility29%art unit 40%11 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness100%art unit 87%+13 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness38%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 27 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Shourjo Dasgupta

  • What is Examiner Dasgupta's allowance rate?
    67% across hundreds of decided applications, pooled across all art units. This represents the share of applications allowed among all decided (allowed and abandoned) applications in his record.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • Does the allowance rate vary by art unit?
    Yes. Allowance rates range from 65% to 76% across the examiner's art units. The pooled figure of 67% reflects an aggregate across all units.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Shourjo Dasgupta 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: 515 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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