Examiner Sangwoo Ahn has allowed 233 of 358 decided applications (65%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Sangwoo Ahn has a public record spanning 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 358 disposed applications, 233 were allowed and 125 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 65%. The allowance rate varies across the examiner's art units, ranging from 52% to 71%. This pooled record represents the aggregate outcome of applications examined in both art units and does not reflect the performance in any single art unit.
A pooled, cross-art-unit record aggregates data from multiple art units into a single overall figure. The allowance rate shown here (65% across 358 decided applications) describes the examiner's historical record across all assigned art units combined. This aggregate is a description of past dispositions and is not a prediction of the outcome in any specific application. Individual art units may perform differently; per-art-unit detail is available separately.
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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.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 135 decided applications with an interview and 114 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 51 decided applications with an interview and 58 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Sangwoo Ahn 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: 358 applications.
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