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Examiner Adrian L Kennedy

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 217 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION NOV 2012
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Adrian L Kennedy has allowed 174 of 217 decided applications (80%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

80% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2129 · 82%AU 2121 · 61%
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What the data says.

Adrian L Kennedy has a pooled allowance rate of 80% across 217 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's record spans two art units. Allowance rates across these art units range from 61% to 82%. The 80% figure represents allowed applications as a percentage of all decided cases (allowed plus abandoned), excluding any pending matters. This pooled rate aggregates the examiner's work across both art units and describes the public record to date.

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A pooled record aggregates statistics across multiple art units, producing an overall rate that reflects past dispositions combined. The 80% allowance rate is a historical summary, not a forecast for any specific application. The range (61% to 82%) shows variation among the art units but does not identify which rate applies where. Pooled figures describe what has occurred, not what will occur in any given case.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

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The record, art unit by art unit.

Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2129
194 APPS · 82% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

82% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION160 / 34 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION31.2 moart unit avg 28.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY46.1 moart unit avg 42.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility43% · art unit 63%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)49%
§103 — Obviousness62% · art unit 75%
§112 — Written description & definiteness14%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW93%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW78%+15 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 60 decided applications with an interview and 134 without.

ART UNIT 2121
23 APPS · 61% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

61% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 57%
DISPOSITION14 / 9 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION31.2 moart unit avg 27 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY45.4 moart unit avg 39.9 mo
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Questions about Examiner Adrian L Kennedy

  • What is Adrian L Kennedy's overall allowance rate?
    80%, based on 174 allowed applications and 43 abandoned applications out of 217 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Two art units (2121 and 2129) within TC 2100.
  • Do allowance rates vary across the examiner's art units?
    Yes. Allowance rates across the examiner's art units range from 61% to 82%. This pooled page reports the combined record; individual art-unit rates appear in a separate section.
  • What does the 80% rate mean for my application?
    The 80% figure is a summary of past dispositions and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Adrian L Kennedy has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated June 25, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 217 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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