Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2153 2159 2161

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Analysis

Fernando Mariano Mari Valcarcel has resolved 157 cases in Art Unit 2153 of Tech Center 2100. His allowance rate is 49.7 percent. This 49.7 percent rate is a key metric for practitioners to evaluate when filing in this art unit. The data also shows an interview lift of 20.0 percent. This lift indicates the change in the probability of allowance associated with an examiner interview.

The median days to allowance is 1284. This 1284-day figure represents the duration of the prosecution process for cases that reach a grant. Practitioners should consider the 157 resolved cases as a historical record of the examiner's work. The 49.7 percent allowance rate and 20.0 percent interview lift are central to the examination profile. The median pendency is a factor for managing client expectations.

Direct communication is a documented tactic, as shown by the lift. Applicants should review the allowance rate as they prepare their prosecution strategy. The cases provide a data set for understanding the examiner's approach in Tech Center 2100. The timeline is a measure of the time required to navigate Art Unit 2153 to a successful conclusion.

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

Performance Statistics

49.7%
Allow Rate
-5.3% vs TC avg
202
Total Applications
+20.0%
Interview Lift
1284
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 157 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.8%
§101 Eligibility
12.9%
§102 Novelty
66.2%
§103 Obviousness
5.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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19256073 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPLEMENT A SCALABLE VECTOR DATABASE Non-Final OA DevRev, Inc.
19254843 DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION USING STRUCTURED DATA TABLES AND NODAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA CHORAL SYSTEMS, LLC
18736780 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA EXTRACTION Final Rejection Optum, Inc.
19034993 EDGE AUGMENTED GENERATION FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18564732 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR SHOWING SEARCH RESULTS Non-Final OA Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18932484 PRESENTATION OF RELATED AND CORRECTED QUERIES FOR A SEARCH ENGINE Final Rejection Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
18808053 Method and System for Tagging of Data Within Datastores Non-Final OA Vigilant AI Inc

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