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Examiner Carina Yun

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 353 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Carina Yun has allowed 178 of 353 decided applications (50%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

50% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2194 · 51%AU 2193 · 0%
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What the data says.

Examiner Carina Yun has an overall allowance rate of 50% across 353 decided (allowed plus abandoned) applications, spanning 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). These are pooled figures from the public USPTO record, not predictions about any specific application.

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This page pools Examiner Carina Yun's record across 2 art units into one overall allowance rate — total allowed divided by total decided (allowed plus abandoned) applications, with pending excluded. Aggregate figures describe the past public record and are not predictions about any specific application. This is general information about the data, not legal advice.

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 2194
386 APPS · 51% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

51% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 69%
DISPOSITION178 / 173 / 35allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION27.7 moart unit avg 28 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY53.3 moart unit avg 43.9 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility65% · art unit 52%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)83%
§103 — Obviousness93% · art unit 79%
§112 — Written description & definiteness74%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW62%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW35%+27 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 204 decided applications with an interview and 147 without.

ART UNIT 2193
2 APPS · 0% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.

0% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 70%
DISPOSITION0 / 2 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION38.5 moart unit avg 30.6 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY44.3 moart unit avg 44 mo
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Questions about Examiner Carina Yun

  • What is Examiner Carina Yun's overall allowance rate?
    50% across 353 decided applications in public USPTO data, pooled over 2 art units.
  • How many art units does Examiner Carina Yun examine in?
    2 art units within Technology Center 2100, based on the public record.
  • Does Examiner Carina Yun's allowance rate vary by art unit?
    The per-art-unit figures are shown in the breakdown on this page.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Carina Yun 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: 388 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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