Examiner Curtis James Kortman has allowed 190 of 238 decided applications (80%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Curtis James Kortman maintains a pooled record across one art unit in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 268 total applications, 238 have been decided (allowed or abandoned). Of those 238 disposed applications, 190 were allowed and 48 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 80%. This rate describes the examiner's historical record in decided cases and does not predict the outcome of any specific application.
This pooled record aggregates data across all art units where the examiner has worked. The allowance rate of 80% reflects the share of allowed applications among all decided cases (allowed plus abandoned) in that cumulative history. Aggregate figures describe past record only and are not predictions about individual applications. Art-unit assignments and examiner workload distribution 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 →
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.
Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 186 decided applications with an interview and 52 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Curtis James Kortman 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: 268 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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