Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Cesar B Paula, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as PAULA, CESAR B

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2145 2177 2178

This examiner grants 34% of resolved cases

Analysis

Paula, Cesar B is assigned to Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2100, with 175 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 33.7%, the interview lift is 9.3%, and the median time to allowance is 1648 days. The allowance rate is substantially lower than the interview measure, while the median timing indicates a prolonged prosecution path.

The listed companies are International Business Machines Corporation, NVIDIA Corporation, and Fujifilm Corporation. The leading firms are Harrity & Harrity, LLP, Harrity & Harrity, LLP \ Qualcomm, and JCIPRNET. Practitioners should prepare for sustained claim refinement and use interviews to supplement detailed written responses, particularly when addressing difficult eligibility, prior-art, or claim-scope issues.

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

Performance Statistics

33.7%
Allow Rate
-21.3% vs TC avg
195
Total Applications
+9.3%
Interview Lift
1648
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 175 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.5%
§101 Eligibility
18.5%
§102 Novelty
50.8%
§103 Obviousness
14.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17673764 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INTEGRATION SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFERENCE MODEL CREATION METHOD Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17448653 MACHINE LEARNING COMPONENT UPDATE REPORTING IN FEDERATED LEARNING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17547122 PERFORMING AUTOMATED TUNING OF HYPERPARAMETERS IN A FEDERATED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17537200 TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING NOISILY LABELED DATA Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17521440 PARALLEL PROCESSING FOR COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17477370 TRAINING OBJECT DETECTION MODELS USING TRANSFER LEARNING Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17506895 PREDICTION OF IMPACT TO DATA CENTER BASED ON INDIVIDUAL DEVICE ISSUE Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Cesar B Paula's allowance rate?

33.7% of resolved applications examined by Cesar B Paula were allowed (175 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 2100 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Cesar B Paula?

This examiner's interview lift is +9.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Cesar B Paula take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Cesar B Paula took 1,648 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Cesar B Paula work in?

Cesar B Paula examines applications in Art Unit 2100 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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