Examiner Kenneth S Kim has allowed 684 of 830 decided applications (82%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Kenneth S Kim maintains a pooled allowance rate of 82% across 830 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His record spans four art units: 2111, 2181, 2183, and 2185. Of the 830 decided applications, 684 were allowed and 146 were abandoned. The allowance rate ranges from 80% to 95% across these art units, reflecting variation in outcomes within TC 2100. This pooled figure represents the examiner's aggregate record and describes past disposition only.
A pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units into a single overall statistic. The 82% allowance rate shown here is the mean outcome across all four units Kim has handled in TC 2100. This aggregate figure describes the historical proportion of applications that were allowed or abandoned relative to all decided cases. It is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome, nor does it indicate how Kim will examine any particular case. Applicants review pooled records for context only.
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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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 25 decided applications with an interview and 629 without.
Primarily examines program control and execution.
Primarily examines interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units, and program control and execution.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Kenneth S 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: 830 applications.
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