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Examiner Shiuh-Huei P Ku

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 91 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2017
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT
71%vs 53% art-unit average+18 pts

Examiner Shiuh-Huei P Ku has allowed 65 of 91 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed65abandoned26pending0· pending excluded from the rate
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
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What the data says.

Examiner Shiuh-Huei P Ku maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), spanning one art unit. Across dozens of decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 71%. This figure represents the share of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned), excluding pending matters. The record reflects historical outcomes on decided cases and does not constitute a prediction for any specific application.

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This pooled record aggregates examination outcomes across the examiner's art units and presents an overall allowance rate based on past decided applications. Aggregate statistics describe historical performance and are correlational only—they are not predictions of outcomes in individual applications. Different art units within TC 2100 may have varying examination patterns; this figure represents the combined result across all the examiner's assignments.

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 2128
91 APPS · 71% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines machine learning, and neural-network / biological-model computing.

71% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION65 / 26 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20.2 moart unit avg 30 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY47.1 moart unit avg 46.5 mo
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REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility53%art unit 66%13 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)51%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness95%art unit 84%+11 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness63%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW94%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW47%+47 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 48 decided applications with an interview and 43 without.

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Questions about Examiner Shiuh-Huei P Ku

  • What is Examiner Ku's allowance rate?
    71% of the examiner's decided applications were allowed. This represents the share of allowed applications among all decided cases (allowed and abandoned), excluding pending applications. The rate is based on dozens of decided applications across all art units.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Examiner Ku's public record spans one art unit within TC 2100.
  • Does this allowance rate apply to my application?
    No. The pooled allowance rate describes past outcomes on decided applications and is not a prediction for any specific case. Actual outcomes depend on claim scope, prior art, and examination.
  • What technology areas does this examiner handle?
    Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's record covers this subject matter across one art unit.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Shiuh-Huei P Ku 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 July 14, 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: 91 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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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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