Examiner David H Kim has allowed 185 of 205 decided applications (90%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
David H Kim maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning two art units: 2124 and 2129. Across 205 disposed applications, Kim allowed 185 and abandoned 20, yielding an allowance rate of 90%. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's work across both art units and describes the historical record of decided cases. The allowance rate reflects outcomes on applications that received final action; it does not include pending matters.
This record presents a pooled allowance rate across multiple art units within TC 2100. Pooled figures combine outcomes from different areas of the technology center and describe past dispositions, not predictions for any individual application. Allowance rates are historical measures of decided cases and do not forecast the outcome of a specific pending matter. Understanding the scope and composition of the data is essential to interpreting what these figures do and do not represent.
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Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 32 decided applications with an interview and 153 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Based on 20 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner David H Kim 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: 205 applications.
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