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Examiner Suresh Suryawanshi

TECH CENTER 2100 · 4 ART UNITS · 1,450 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 4 ART UNITS

Examiner Suresh Suryawanshi has allowed 1,283 of 1,450 decided applications (88%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

88% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2116 · 91%AU 2115 · 85%AU 2118 · 87%AU 2121 · 95%
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What the data says.

Suresh Suryawanshi maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning four art units: 2115, 2116, 2118, and 2121. Across 1,450 decided applications, the examiner allowed 1,283, yielding an 88% allowance rate. The allowance rate ranges from 85% to 95% across these art units. The record reflects a substantial caseload with 167 abandoned applications among the decided total. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes across the four art units and does not represent performance in any single unit.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record combines data from four art units within TC 2100, averaging their outcomes into a single allowance rate. The 88% figure describes historical decisions, not predictions for any individual application. Different art units within the technology center show variation—the range from 85% to 95% reflects that spread. A pooled record is useful for understanding an examiner's overall profile but does not predict disposition of a specific filing or amendment.

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 2116
725 APPS · 91% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines control or regulating systems.

91% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 78%
DISPOSITION623 / 61 / 41allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22 moart unit avg 24.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY28.9 moart unit avg 37.7 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility22% · art unit 32%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)84%
§103 — Obviousness56% · art unit 83%
§112 — Written description & definiteness31%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW98%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW89%+9 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 166 decided applications with an interview and 518 without.

ART UNIT 2115
559 APPS · 85% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines control or regulating systems, and electric power networks.

85% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 81%
DISPOSITION477 / 82 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION26.9 moart unit avg 25.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY38.8 moart unit avg 36.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility13% · art unit 33%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)76%
§103 — Obviousness37% · art unit 83%
§112 — Written description & definiteness25%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW84%+11 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 91 decided applications with an interview and 468 without.

ART UNIT 2118
167 APPS · 87% ALLOWANCE
87% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 73%
DISPOSITION145 / 22 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20.4 moart unit avg 22.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY30.2 moart unit avg 36.4 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility14% · art unit 30%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)86%
§103 — Obviousness51% · art unit 82%
§112 — Written description & definiteness27%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW100%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW84%+16 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 29 decided applications with an interview and 138 without.

ART UNIT 2121
40 APPS · 95% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

95% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 57%
DISPOSITION38 / 2 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22.1 moart unit avg 27 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY38.3 moart unit avg 39.9 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility51% · art unit 46%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)92%
§103 — Obviousness67% · art unit 86%
§112 — Written description & definiteness62%

Based on 40 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Suresh Suryawanshi

  • What is Suresh Suryawanshi's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 88% across 1,450 decided applications in TC 2100. This is a pooled figure covering all four art units on record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans four art units in TC 2100: 2115, 2116, 2118, and 2121.
  • What is the range of allowance rates across the examiner's art units?
    Allowance rates range from 85% to 95% across the examiner's art units. This range reflects variation among the four units and is pooled into the overall 88% figure.
  • What does the allowance rate mean?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) that resulted in allowance. It does not predict the outcome of any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Suresh Suryawanshi 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: 1,491 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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