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Examiner Kelvin Y Lin

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 41 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAY 2007
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Kelvin Y Lin has allowed 7 of 41 decided applications (17%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

17% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Kelvin Y Lin maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 41 disposed applications, the allowance rate is 17%, with 7 allowed and 34 abandoned. The examiner's practice spans a single art unit. This pooled figure reflects decided cases only and does not include pending applications. The record is drawn from a single art unit within TC 2100.

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This record aggregates all applications across the examiner's art units into a single allowance rate. The 17% figure represents past dispositions—allowed and abandoned cases—and describes historical outcomes, not predictions about specific pending applications. Pooled statistics combine different art units and obscure variation within each. Individual art-unit records, where available separately, may show different rates.

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2142
41 APPS · 17% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

17% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 45%
DISPOSITION7 / 34 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION38.3 moart unit avg 30.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY52.9 moart unit avg 48.3 mo
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Questions about Examiner Kelvin Y Lin

  • What is Kelvin Y Lin's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 17%, based on 7 allowed applications among 41 disposed (decided) applications. This is a historical figure and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans 1 art unit in Technology Center 2100.
  • What do these statistics represent?
    The figures describe past dispositions—applications allowed or abandoned—and do not include pending cases. The pooled allowance rate aggregates outcomes across the examiner's art unit and reflects historical outcomes only.
  • How many total applications are in this record?
    41 applications have been disposed (decided). The record covers allowed and abandoned cases; pending applications are excluded from the allowance-rate calculation.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Kelvin Y Lin 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: 41 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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