Examiner Kevin Michael Stewart has allowed 67 of 101 decided applications (66%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Kevin Michael Stewart has disposed of 101 applications across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of those decided applications, 67 were allowed and 34 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 66%. The allowance rate across his art units ranges from 58% to 75%, reflecting variation in the disposition patterns of individual art units within his portfolio.
This record aggregates allowance data across multiple art units and represents the examiner's historical disposal record. The pooled allowance rate of 66% describes past decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. The range (58%–75%) shows how allowance rates vary among individual art units; the aggregate figure does not predict how any particular application will be treated.
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 computer-aided design (CAD).
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 36 decided applications with an interview and 17 without.
Primarily examines control or regulating systems.
Based on 48 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Kevin Michael Stewart 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: 101 applications.
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