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Examiner Zoila E Cabrera

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 231 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
76%vs 72% weighted peer average+4 pts

Examiner Zoila E Cabrera has allowed 175 of 231 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed175abandoned56pending0· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (72%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2125 · 79%AU 2123 · 52%AU 2121 · 50%
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What the data says.

Examiner Zoila E Cabrera maintains a public record across 3 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across hundreds of decided applications, her pooled allowance rate is 76%. This aggregate figure represents applications that were either allowed or abandoned, excluding pending matters. The allowance rate ranges from 52% to 79% across her art units, reflecting variation in her record by art-unit assignment.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates Examiner Cabrera's work across multiple art units in TC 2100. The overall allowance rate of 76% describes her historical record on decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Because the record spans different art units, individual results may vary. The range (52% to 79%) shows that allowance rates differ across her art-unit assignments. Aggregate statistics describe past patterns, not future prosecution.

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 2125
202 APPS · 79% ALLOWANCE

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

79% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 75%
DISPOSITION160 / 42 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION17.3 moart unit avg 26.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY30.1 moart unit avg 39 mo
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW75%+20 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 40 decided applications with an interview and 162 without.

ART UNIT 2123
27 APPS · 52% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

52% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 51%
DISPOSITION14 / 13 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.9 moart unit avg 29.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY36.7 moart unit avg 43.8 mo
ART UNIT 2121
2 APPS · 50% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

50% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 57%
DISPOSITION1 / 1 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION6.5 moart unit avg 27 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY13.4 moart unit avg 39.9 mo
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Questions about Examiner Zoila E Cabrera

  • What is Examiner Zoila E Cabrera's overall allowance rate?
    Her pooled allowance rate across all art units is 76%, measured over hundreds of decided applications in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The record spans 3 art units (2121, 2123, 2125) within Technology Center 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across her art units?
    Yes. Allowance rates range from 52% to 79% across her art-unit assignments, reflecting differences in her record by art unit.
  • Is the 76% rate a prediction for my application?
    No. The 76% allowance rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Zoila E Cabrera 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: 231 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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