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Examiner Kweku William Halm

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 264 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Kweku William Halm has allowed 214 of 264 decided applications (81%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

81% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Kweku William Halm maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across his single art unit, 316 applications have been filed. Of 264 decided applications, 214 were allowed and 50 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 81%. This rate reflects the examiner's record on applications that reached final disposition—allowed or abandoned—and excludes pending applications. The 81% allowance rate describes past outcomes on disposed applications within TC 2100.

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This pooled record aggregates all art units under one examiner profile. The allowance rate of 81% reflects past decisions across 264 disposed applications and is a historical aggregate, not a prediction of outcomes on any new or pending application. Applicants reviewing this profile see the examiner's overall record; individual art units may show different patterns. Aggregate statistics describe what has occurred, not what will occur in any specific prosecution.

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 →

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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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2166
316 APPS · 81% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

81% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 63%
DISPOSITION214 / 50 / 52allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION17.1 moart unit avg 23.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY32.1 moart unit avg 45 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility34% · art unit 44%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)63%
§103 — Obviousness89% · art unit 81%
§112 — Written description & definiteness42%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW85%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW75%+10 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 156 decided applications with an interview and 108 without.

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Questions about Examiner Kweku William Halm

  • What is Kweku William Halm's allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 81%, based on 264 decided applications (214 allowed, 50 abandoned). This is a pooled figure across all art units and describes past outcomes only, not a prediction for any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Kweku William Halm's public record covers 1 art unit (Art Unit 2166) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate include or exclude?
    The allowance rate is computed from decided applications—those allowed or abandoned. It excludes pending applications. Of 316 total applications on file, 264 reached final disposition.
  • What is the subject matter of this examiner's art unit?
    The examiner works in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Kweku William Halm 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: 316 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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