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Examiner Vincent Anton Spraul Iii

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 43 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Vincent Anton Spraul Iii has allowed 27 of 43 decided applications (63%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

63% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Vincent Anton Spraul Iii maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 74 total applications, 43 have been disposed (decided). Of those 43 decided applications, 27 were allowed and 16 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 63% over the disposed count. The examiner's work spans a single art unit. This pooled record reflects outcomes across all applications in that unit and is a historical summary, not a prediction of outcomes in any specific case.

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This pooled record aggregates all applications and dispositions across the examiner's art unit(s) in TC 2100. The allowance rate is computed from decided applications only—allowed plus abandoned—and excludes pending cases. Aggregate figures describe the examiner's past record and are correlational, reflecting what has occurred rather than what will occur in any individual 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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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 2129
74 APPS · 63% ALLOWANCE

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

63% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION27 / 16 / 31allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION35.7 moart unit avg 28.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY51.9 moart unit avg 42.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility75% · art unit 63%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)52%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 75%
§112 — Written description & definiteness64%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW68%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW53%+15 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 28 decided applications with an interview and 15 without.

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Questions about Examiner Vincent Anton Spraul Iii

  • What is this examiner's overall allowance rate?
    63%, based on 27 allowed applications out of 43 total disposed applications in the public record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    One art unit (2129) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does 'disposed' mean in this record?
    Disposed applications are those that have been decided—either allowed or abandoned. The allowance rate is calculated from disposed applications only; pending cases are excluded.
  • Does this allowance rate apply to my application?
    No. This pooled figure is a historical summary of past outcomes and is not a prediction for any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Vincent Anton Spraul Iii 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: 74 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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