Examiner Gilles R Kepnang has allowed 108 of 180 decided applications (60%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Gilles R Kepnang's public record spans Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across one art unit, 180 applications have been disposed. Of those decided applications, 108 were allowed and 72 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 60%. This rate reflects the examiner's aggregate record and is pooled across all art units within their jurisdiction. The disposed count represents the complete set of applications with final determinations; pending applications are excluded from this calculation.
This record is pooled across all art units assigned to the examiner. Aggregate figures describe past dispositions and do not predict outcomes on any individual application. A single allowance rate across multiple art units reflects combined data; differences in application complexity, claim scope, or prior art among different units are embedded in the overall figure but not separately visible in this pooled summary. The percentage is historical and does not forecast any specific examination.
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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 software engineering, 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 140 decided applications with an interview and 40 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Gilles R Kepnang 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: 180 applications.
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