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Examiner Paul H Kang

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 109 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Paul H Kang has allowed 92 of 109 decided applications (84%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

84% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2144 · 84%AU 2141 · 85%
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What the data says.

Paul H Kang maintains a public record of 109 disposed applications across Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of these decided applications, 92 were allowed and 17 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 84%. His record spans two art units: 2141 and 2144. The allowance rate ranges from 84% to 85% across these art units, reflecting modest variation in the aggregated figures.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates Kang's work across multiple art units within TC 2100. The overall allowance rate of 84% describes the examiner's past decisions on 109 closed applications and does not constitute a prediction about any specific application. Aggregate figures reflect historical performance across different subject areas and are provided for reference only.

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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The record, art unit by art unit.

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 2144
76 APPS · 84% ALLOWANCE
84% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION64 / 12 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION32.4 moart unit avg 27.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY57.4 moart unit avg 41.7 mo
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW100%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW79%+21 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 18 decided applications with an interview and 58 without.

ART UNIT 2141
33 APPS · 85% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

85% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION28 / 5 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION34 moart unit avg 28.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY52.2 moart unit avg 47.1 mo
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Questions about Examiner Paul H Kang

  • What is Paul H Kang's overall allowance rate?
    His allowance rate is 84%, based on 109 disposed applications in TC 2100. This figure aggregates his record across all art units.
  • How many art units does Kang cover?
    Kang's public record spans two art units: 2141 and 2144, both within TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across his art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 84% to 85% across his art units.
  • What does the allowance rate mean?
    The rate reflects the percentage of decided applications that were allowed versus abandoned. It is a historical statistic and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Paul H Kang 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: 109 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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