Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ESPANA, CARLOS ALBERTO

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2196 2199 2441

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Analysis

Carlos Alberto Espana, working in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2196, has managed 29 resolved cases. The allowance rate of 69.0 percent indicates a moderate to high probability of success for applicants, suggesting that the examiner is open to granting patents when the requirements are met. The median days to allowance is 1299, suggesting a timeline of over three years for typical grants to be issued.

The interview lift of 23.2 percent is a notable factor for strategy, as it shows a significant increase in allowance probability following an interview. For the 29 resolved cases, this lift suggests that personal communication is an effective way to address examiner concerns and clarify complex technical points. Practitioners should weigh the 1299 median days against the 69.0 percent allowance rate when planning their approach, keeping in mind that the 23.2 percent lift offers a substantial advantage for those who choose to engage directly.

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

Performance Statistics

69.0%
Allow Rate
+11.0% vs TC avg
58
Total Applications
+23.2%
Interview Lift
1299
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 29 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.6%
§101 Eligibility
9.8%
§102 Novelty
62.4%
§103 Obviousness
11.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18652771 UNIFICATION OF ACCESS TO VEHICLE PROPERTY DATA AND HMI APPLICATION SPECIFIC DATA Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17673246 User-Interface-Based Fleetwide Agent Installation With Intelligent Nudges Final Rejection Google LLC
17775275 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18926685 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SCHEME Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
18356298 DEEP NEURAL NETWORK (DNN) COMPUTE LOADING AND TRAFFIC-AWARE POWER MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-CORE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18085914 EVICTION OF SUBPROCESS PODS IN A SERVERLESS WORKFLOW Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17816031 MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCE SHARING AMONG DEVICES OPERATING ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18843252 ASSET INFORMATION COLLECTION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18630343 AUTOSCALING FOR MICROSERVICES Non-Final OA SAP SE
17955110 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO INDICATE BLOCK MAXIMUM Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18092447 AI OPERATION PROCESSING METHOD ON INPUT IMAGE AND CAMERA DEVICE USING THE SAME Final Rejection HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
17975858 USING RULE ENGINE FOR MANAGING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE OBJECTS IN AN OPERATOR FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18336420 GPU Circuit Self-Context Save During Context Unmap Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18088909 SECURITY FOR SIMULTANEOUS MULTITHREADING PROCESSORS Final Rejection ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
18680749 METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ASSIGNING TASKS TO ACCELERATION DEVICES Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18376838 SECURELY PERSISTING INFORMATION ACROSS SYSTEM REBOOTS Non-Final OA VMware LLC
18350504 METHOD FOR EFFICIENT LOW-LATENCY INTEGRATION OF WEBASSEMBLY CONTAINERS Final Rejection VMware LLC
18376856 MANAGING DEPLOYMENT OF CUSTOM RESOURCES IN A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM Final Rejection VMWARE, INC.

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