Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Carlos Heberto De La Garza, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as DE LA GARZA, CARLOS HEBERTO

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2182

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

Carlos Heberto de la Garza has 20 resolved cases in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2122. The allowance rate is 70.0%, with a median of 1499 days to allowance. The limited record shows a favorable allowance outcome but a lengthy timeline, so the results should be used as an early directional indicator.

The interview lift is 40.0%, suggesting that examiner interviews may be especially useful when applicants need to clarify technical issues or identify an amendment path. The leading companies are Qualcomm, Fujitsu, and Google. EIP US, Harrity & Harrity, and JCIPRNET are the listed leading firms.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

70.0%
Allow Rate
+15.0% vs TC avg
51
Total Applications
+40.0%
Interview Lift
1499
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 20 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.5%
§101 Eligibility
13.2%
§102 Novelty
45.6%
§103 Obviousness
24.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17530106 SYSTOLIC ARRAY CELLS WITH OUTPUT POST-PROCESSING Final Rejection Google LLC
18174243 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17952296 SEQUENTIAL GROUP PROCESSING OF OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS Final Rejection FUJITSU LIMITED
18165802 CONFIGURABLE NONLINEAR ACTIVATION FUNCTION CIRCUITS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18162660 FLOATING POINT ATOMICS USING INTEGER HARDWARE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18102582 FAST EIGHT-BIT FLOATING POINT (FP8) SIMULATION WITH LEARNABLE PARAMETERS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17661707 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ROTATING VECTOR INPUT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17653095 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18064223 INCREASED COMPUTATION EFFICIENCY WITH MULTI-STAGE 8-BIT FLOATING POINT MATRIX MULTIPLICATION WITH FORMAT CONVERSION Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18160974 Optimizing Chia Plotting Storage and Memory Space Non-Final OA Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
17452425 PERFORMING A FLOATING-POINT MULTIPLY-ADD OPERATION IN A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17743327 PERFORMING MATRIX VALUE INDICATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18163878 COMPUTING CIRCUIT, COMPUTING METHOD, AND DECODER Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18167537 METHOD AND PROCESSING UNIT FOR GENERATING AN OUPUT FEATURE MAP Non-Final OA Arm Limited

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Carlos Heberto De La Garza's allowance rate?

70.0% of resolved applications examined by Carlos Heberto De La Garza were allowed (20 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Carlos Heberto De La Garza?

This examiner's interview lift is +40.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Carlos Heberto De La Garza take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Carlos Heberto De La Garza took 1,499 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Carlos Heberto De La Garza work in?

Carlos Heberto De La Garza examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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