Examiner Kevin G Hughes has allowed 76 of 124 decided applications (61%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Kevin G Hughes maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 124 disposed applications, his allowance rate is 61%, with 76 allowed and 48 abandoned. This record spans a single art unit (2193). The allowance rate reflects decisions on applications that have been resolved; it does not include pending filings. The 61% figure represents the examiner's historical disposed caseload and is a factual summary of past outcomes only.
This pooled record aggregates all of Kevin G Hughes's decided applications across his art units into a single allowance-rate figure. The 61% rate describes the past record—the share of disposed applications that were allowed—and is not a prediction of the outcome of any individual new application. Pooled data obscure variation by art unit and does not convey examiner intent, approach, or how any specific application will be handled.
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 software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 41 decided applications with an interview and 83 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Kevin G Hughes 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: 124 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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