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Examiner Imad Mutee Kassim

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 192 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
77%vs 67% weighted peer average+10 pts

Examiner Imad Mutee Kassim has allowed 148 of 192 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed148abandoned44pending36· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (67%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2129 · 77%AU 2125 · 77%
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What the data says.

Imad Mutee Kassim maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning 2 art units. Across hundreds of decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 77%. This figure represents the share of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (those allowed and abandoned, excluding pending cases). The allowance rate is calculated from the examiner's pooled record across both art units and reflects historical dispositions on completed applications within this technology center.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data from multiple art units, presenting an overall picture of the examiner's past decisions. The allowance rate of 77% describes what occurred across hundreds of decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled figures smooth variations across different art units and statutory frameworks; they illustrate the examiner's historical record but do not forecast results in any individual case.

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 2129
175 APPS · 77% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

77% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION107 / 32 / 36allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION28.8 moart unit avg 28.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY44.3 moart unit avg 42.3 mo
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REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility62%art unit 62%±0 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)58%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness90%art unit 76%+14 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness54%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW88%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW62%+26 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 81 decided applications with an interview and 58 without.

ART UNIT 2125
53 APPS · 77% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

77% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 75%
DISPOSITION41 / 12 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION27.5 moart unit avg 26.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY37.5 moart unit avg 39 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility41%art unit 51%10 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)48%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness96%art unit 88%+8 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness72%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW93%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW62%+31 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 27 decided applications with an interview and 26 without.

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Questions about Examiner Imad Mutee Kassim

  • What is Examiner Kassim's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 77%, calculated from all decided applications (allowed and abandoned) across the pooled record.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    The record spans 2 art units (2125 and 2129) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate mean?
    The 77% figure is the percentage of decided applications that were allowed. It describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction for any pending or future application.
  • How large is the sample?
    The allowance rate is based on hundreds of decided applications pooled across all art units.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Imad Mutee Kassim 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 July 14, 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: 228 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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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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