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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
52%vs 69% weighted peer average17 pts

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

allowed34abandoned32pending0· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (69%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 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 2 art units. Across dozens of decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 52%. This figure represents the share of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined), pooled across both art units. The record reflects outcomes on completed applications and does not include pending matters.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 52% describes the examiner's past record on decided applications and is a historical observation, not a prediction about any specific pending application. Pooled figures mask variation between individual art units; separate data on each art unit appears elsewhere on this page. Aggregate statistics characterize the past only.

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 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
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility72%art unit 53%+19 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)48%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness98%art unit 90%+8 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness34%no art-unit benchmark
// 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
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility0%art unit 46%46 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness67%art unit 81%14 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness33%no art-unit benchmark

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 overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 52% across dozens of decided applications in Technology Center 2100, pooled across all art units. This percentage reflects applications allowed as a share of all decided applications (allowed and abandoned).
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The public record spans 2 art units within TC 2100.
  • Is the pooled allowance rate a prediction for my application?
    No. The pooled allowance rate is a historical aggregate and does not predict the outcome of any specific application. Individual art-unit records may differ from the pooled figure.
  • What subject matter does this examiner handle?
    Technology Center 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 July 14, 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.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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