Examiner Kannan Shanmugasundaram has allowed 445 of 613 decided applications (73%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Kannan Shanmugasundaram holds a public record of 648 total applications across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 613 disposed applications, 445 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 73%. The examiner's allowance rate ranges from 62% to 85% across these art units. The record spans 168 abandoned applications. This pooled figure represents the examiner's aggregate performance across multiple art units and does not predict outcomes in any specific case.
This record aggregates the examiner's performance across two separate art units within TC 2100. The overall allowance rate of 73% reflects the combined history of decided applications and is a snapshot of past dispositions, not a forecast. Allowance rates vary across art units—ranging from 62% to 85%—reflecting differences in subject matter complexity and application characteristics within the technology center. Individual art-unit records appear separately and may differ from this pooled view.
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 information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 220 decided applications with an interview and 111 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 166 decided applications with an interview and 116 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Kannan Shanmugasundaram 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: 648 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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