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Examiner Arshia S Kia

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 66 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION AUG 2015
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Arshia S Kia has allowed 34 of 66 decided applications (52%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

52% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2197 · 55%AU 2155 · 0%
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What the data says.

Arshia S Kia maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning two art units. Across 66 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 34 and abandoned 32, yielding an allowance rate of 52% over that decided count. This figure reflects the proportion of applications that reached allowance among all applications with final dispositions recorded in the examiner's pooled record. The record aggregates activity across art units 2155 and 2197.

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A pooled record aggregates an examiner's decisions across multiple art units within a technology center. The allowance rate describes the historical proportion of decided applications that were allowed, calculated from applications with final dispositions—allowed or abandoned—and excludes pending matters. This aggregate figure is a summary of past record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual art-unit records may vary.

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 2197
62 APPS · 55% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution, and software engineering.

55% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 69%
DISPOSITION34 / 28 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION36.1 moart unit avg 26 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY58.5 moart unit avg 44.4 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility72% · art unit 54%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)48%
§103 — Obviousness98% · art unit 90%
§112 — Written description & definiteness34%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW84%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW35%+49 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 25 decided applications with an interview and 37 without.

ART UNIT 2155
4 APPS · 0% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

0% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION0 / 4 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION30.2 moart unit avg 27.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY36.6 moart unit avg 42.2 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility0% · art unit 46%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness67% · art unit 81%
§112 — Written description & definiteness33%

Based on 4 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Arshia S Kia

  • What is Arshia S Kia's allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 52%, calculated from 34 allowed applications and 32 abandoned applications across 66 disposed applications in the examiner's pooled record.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Arshia S Kia's public record spans 2 art units: 2155 and 2197, both within TC 2100.
  • Does a pooled allowance rate predict my application's outcome?
    No. A pooled allowance rate describes historical dispositions across multiple art units and is not a prediction of any specific application. Individual outcomes depend on claim substance, prior art, and examination of the particular filing.
  • What is the technology center?
    TC 2100 covers Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Arshia S Kia 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: 66 applications.

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