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Examiner Anil N Kumar

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 395 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAR 2021
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Anil N Kumar has allowed 221 of 395 decided applications (56%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

56% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Anil N Kumar maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 395 disposed applications, the examiner issued 221 allowances and recorded 174 abandonments, yielding an allowance rate of 56% over the decided applications. The examiner's record spans a single art unit (2174). This pooled figure represents the examiner's aggregate outcome across all applications in the art unit during the period covered by this public record.

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This pooled record aggregates all applications decided across the examiner's art units. The allowance rate of 56% describes the historical share of allowed decisions among all disposed applications and does not forecast the outcome of any individual application. Pooled figures mask variation within art units and represent past record only. Understanding an aggregate rate requires context about application volume, art unit scope, and the specific claims and prior art relevant to any given filing.

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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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 2174
395 APPS · 56% ALLOWANCE
56% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION221 / 174 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION26.8 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY54.5 moart unit avg 42.9 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility47% · art unit 33%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)80%
§103 — Obviousness96% · art unit 89%
§112 — Written description & definiteness57%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW73%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW27%+46 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 245 decided applications with an interview and 150 without.

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Questions about Examiner Anil N Kumar

  • What is Anil N Kumar's allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 56%, calculated over 395 disposed applications (221 allowed, 174 abandoned). This is a historical pooled figure and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans one art unit (2174) within TC 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate include and exclude?
    The 56% allowance rate is the share of allowed decisions among all decided applications (allowed plus abandoned). Pending applications are excluded. The rate does not predict outcomes for any new or pending filing.
  • What technology areas does this examiner handle?
    The examiner works in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Anil N Kumar 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: 395 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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