Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Anibal Rivera, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as RIVERA, ANIBAL

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2115 2118 2192 2193 2198

This examiner grants 91% of resolved cases

Analysis

RIVERA, ANIBAL is assigned to tech center 2100 and art unit 2115. The profile contains 764 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 91.0%. Median time to allowance is 843 days, which supplies a concrete planning point for prosecution matters in this assignment.

Interview lift is 11.8%, showing a positive but comparatively smaller interview effect than the allowance result. The principal companies are Capital One Services LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH, and Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. The listed firms are NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP, Bridgeway IP Law Group, PLLC, and BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC. Applicants can use the record to support a focused prosecution approach centered on preserving allowable claim scope while addressing examination issues efficiently.

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

Performance Statistics

91.0%
Allow Rate
+36.0% vs TC avg
817
Total Applications
+11.8%
Interview Lift
843
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 764 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.9%
§101 Eligibility
25.6%
§102 Novelty
43.9%
§103 Obviousness
8.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18828540 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION AND CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18769383 PREDICTING COMPUTER CODE UPDATE CONDITIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18892635 METHOD FOR DETECTING A MEMORY ACCESS ERROR IN A MULTI-THREADED APPLICATION Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17939395 CONTINUOUS MONITORING AND/OR PROVISIONING OF SOFTWARE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18813202 SELF-CORRECTING BOT Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18457722 PRESERVING INTEGRATION THROUGHOUT MULTIPLE CONVERSION SIMULATIONS Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18742366 PARALLEL BURNING SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
18807173 AUTOMATED CODE GENERATION FOR DATA TRANSFORMATIONS IN A WORKFLOW Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18677516 AUTOMATED SOFTWARE PACKAGE RELEASE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18044709 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING TO CHANGING RESOURCE LIMITATIONS Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18772794 CONTEXTUALIZED TASK-SPECIFIC GRAPHICAL VISUALIZATION RELATED TO THIRD-PARTY DATA SOURCES Final Rejection Optum Inc.
18669850 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CONVERSION DEVICE, PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CONVERSION METHOD, AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CONVERSION SYSTEM Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18787062 GENERATIVE AI APPLICATION ARTIFACT MANAGEMENT ENABLING SAFEGUARDING BY KEY USERS Final Rejection SAP SE
18644500 AUTOMATIC EVALUATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-GENERATED CODE SUGGESTIONS Final Rejection SAP SE
18782990 SUPPORTING AN UNDEFINED DATA TYPE Final Rejection Honeywell International Inc.
18890363 IDENTIFYING MINIMAL DEPENDENCY UPDATES TO MITIGATE KNOWN CVES FOR SOFTWARE PROJECTS WITHOUT SEMANTIC VERSIONING Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18899439 SOFTWARE RELEASE WORKFLOW AND RELEASABILITY DECISION ENGINE Non-Final OA Raytheon Company
18786759 IN TRANSIT OR IN STORAGE SOFTWARE UPDATING SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18761591 MANAGING UPDATE EVENTS FOR OBJECTS AT AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18756257 PRACTICAL COVERAGE CHECKING MECHANISM BASED ON ACTUAL TEST EXECUTION LOGS Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18894244 FIRMWARE UPDATE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING FIRMWARE Non-Final OA LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18805416 MULTI-SURFACE APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Stripe, LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Anibal Rivera's allowance rate?

91.0% of resolved applications examined by Anibal Rivera were allowed (764 resolved cases), compared with 71.8% across Art Unit 2115 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Anibal Rivera?

This examiner's interview lift is +11.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Anibal Rivera take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Anibal Rivera took 843 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Anibal Rivera work in?

Anibal Rivera examines applications in Art Unit 2115 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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