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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

Examiner Shiuh-Huei P Ku has allowed 65 of 91 decided applications (71%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

71% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Examiner Shiuh-Huei P Ku maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner has disposed of 91 applications across a single art unit. Of those 91 decided applications, 65 were allowed and 26 were abandoned, yielding an overall allowance rate of 71%. This figure represents the examiner's pooled record and reflects outcomes on applications that have reached final disposition. The record covers a defined set of closed matters and does not include pending applications.

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This record aggregates outcomes across all art units in which the examiner works. The allowance rate of 71% describes historical dispositions—applications already decided—and is not a prediction of how any future or pending application will be examined or decided. Pooled figures mask variation across individual art units and technology areas. A complete understanding of the examiner's record may require review of the per-art-unit breakdown, where available.

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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◈ 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
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility53% · art unit 65%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)51%
§103 — Obviousness95% · art unit 84%
§112 — Written description & definiteness63%
// 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 overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate across all disposed applications is 71%, based on 65 allowed applications and 26 abandoned applications out of 91 total dispositions.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    This examiner works in one art unit. The record presented here is pooled across that single art unit.
  • What does the allowance rate tell me about my application?
    The allowance rate describes the examiner's historical record on decided applications. It is not a prediction of the outcome for any specific pending or future application and does not account for differences in application content, claims, or prosecution history.
  • What is Technology Center 2100?
    Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) is the examiner's assigned technology center. This examiner's record is confined to that center.
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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 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: 91 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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