Examiner Daniel H Um has allowed 38 of 124 decided applications (31%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Daniel H Um has disposed of 124 applications across three art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of those decided applications, 38 were allowed, yielding an overall allowance rate of 31%. The examiner's record spans multiple art units (2142, 2175, 2176), and allowance rates across these units range from 19% to 43%. This range reflects variation in the examiner's record within TC 2100, though the pooled figure of 31% represents the aggregate outcome across all decided cases in the examiner's public record.
This pooled record aggregates outcomes across three separate art units. The overall allowance rate of 31% describes the examiner's past dispositions across all units combined and is not a prediction for any specific application. Individual art units may exhibit different allowance rates; the stated range (19% to 43%) shows this variation. Pooled figures describe historical performance and help contextualize an examiner's record across their assigned subject matter, but they do not forecast outcomes in particular cases.
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 neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 21 decided applications with an interview and 32 without.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Daniel H Um 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: 124 applications.
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