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Examiner Todd Aguilera

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 523 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
59%vs 73% weighted peer average14 pts

Examiner Todd Aguilera has allowed 308 of 523 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed308abandoned215pending55· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (73%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2196 · 58%AU 2192 · 62%AU 2198 · 58%
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What the data says.

Todd Aguilera maintains a public record across 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled allowance rate is 59% across hundreds of decided applications—that is, 59% of applications that have been allowed or abandoned. The allowance rate ranges from 58% to 62% across these art units, reflecting variation in the decided record within the examiner's portfolio.

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How to read these numbers.

This record is pooled across multiple art units and represents an aggregate of past decisions. The overall figures describe what has occurred, not what will occur in any particular application. A pooled allowance rate combines different art units and different application types; the range shows that allowance rates vary among the examiner's units. Neither the aggregate nor the range is a prediction of outcome for a specific application.

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 2196
326 APPS · 58% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

58% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 73%
DISPOSITION190 / 136 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION18 moart unit avg 27.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY38.2 moart unit avg 41.8 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 eligibility48%art unit 46%+2 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)98%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness91%art unit 86%+5 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness90%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW70%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW24%+46 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 246 decided applications with an interview and 80 without.

ART UNIT 2192
147 APPS · 62% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines software engineering.

62% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION57 / 35 / 55allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION26.3 moart unit avg 29.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY50.4 moart unit avg 45.1 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 eligibility48%art unit 45%+3 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)86%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness91%art unit 81%+10 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness85%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW87%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW16%+71 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 60 decided applications with an interview and 32 without.

ART UNIT 2198
105 APPS · 58% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

58% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 83%
DISPOSITION61 / 44 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION38.8 moart unit avg 25.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY64.8 moart unit avg 39.7 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 eligibility72%art unit 51%+21 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)57%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness94%art unit 87%+7 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness76%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW78%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW40%+38 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 50 decided applications with an interview and 55 without.

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Questions about Examiner Todd Aguilera

  • What is Todd Aguilera's overall allowance rate?
    His pooled allowance rate is 59% across all art units—meaning 59% of his decided applications (allowed or abandoned) have been allowed.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    The record spans 3 art units (2192, 2196, 2198) within TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 58% to 62% across the examiner's art units, showing variation in the decided record within each unit.
  • What does the pooled rate mean for my application?
    The pooled allowance rate describes past decisions across multiple art units and is not a prediction of outcome in any specific case.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Todd Aguilera 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: 578 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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