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Examiner Ted T Vo

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 1,070 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
79%vs 75% weighted peer average+4 pts

Examiner Ted T Vo has allowed 845 of 1,070 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed845abandoned225pending31· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (75%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2191 · 79%AU 2192 · 84%AU 2122 · 69%
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What the data says.

Ted T Vo holds a public record across 3 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across more than a thousand decided applications, the examiner's pooled allowance rate is 79%. This aggregate figure represents the share of decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) in the examiner's record. The allowance rate ranges from 69% to 84% across these art units, reflecting variation in outcomes by art-unit assignment.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates the examiner's decisions across multiple art units. The overall allowance rate describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Aggregate figures mask differences among individual art units; applicants working in a particular art unit may encounter different patterns. Review of the per-art-unit breakdown provides more targeted context for applications in specific 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 2191
1,043 APPS · 79% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.

79% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 76%
DISPOSITION800 / 212 / 31allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.6 moart unit avg 28.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY40.4 moart unit avg 41.1 mo
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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 eligibility37%art unit 53%16 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)28%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness70%art unit 86%16 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness35%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW87%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW76%+11 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 248 decided applications with an interview and 764 without.

ART UNIT 2192
32 APPS · 84% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines software engineering.

84% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION27 / 5 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION33.1 moart unit avg 29.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY47.4 moart unit avg 45.1 mo
ART UNIT 2122
26 APPS · 69% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

69% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION18 / 8 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION30.4 moart unit avg 27.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY46 moart unit avg 39.3 mo
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Questions about Examiner Ted T Vo

  • What is Ted T Vo's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 79% across more than a thousand decided applications, meaning 79% of decided applications were allowed.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Ted T Vo holds a record across 3 art units (2122, 2191, 2192) in TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary by art unit?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 69% to 84% across the examiner's art units, indicating variation in outcomes depending on art-unit assignment.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ted T Vo 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: 1,101 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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