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Examiner Sisley Nahyun Kim

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 850 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 Sisley Nahyun Kim has allowed 770 of 850 decided applications (91%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

91% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Examiner Sisley Nahyun Kim maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across a single art unit, the examiner has disposed of 850 applications, of which 770 were allowed. This yields an allowance rate of 91% over the decided application count. Of the total 903 applications in the examiner's record, 80 were abandoned. The allowance rate reflects outcomes on applications that have reached final disposition and does not include pending cases.

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A pooled record aggregates data across all art units assigned to an examiner. The allowance rate and application counts presented here are historical summaries of decided cases and are not predictions about any individual application. Aggregate figures describe past outcomes; individual application results vary based on claim scope, prior art, and prosecution history.

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 2196
903 APPS · 91% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

91% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 73%
DISPOSITION770 / 80 / 53allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.9 moart unit avg 27.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY31.1 moart unit avg 41.8 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility39% · art unit 44%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)80%
§103 — Obviousness87% · art unit 86%
§112 — Written description & definiteness44%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW85%+10 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 459 decided applications with an interview and 391 without.

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Questions about Examiner Sisley Nahyun Kim

  • What is Examiner Kim's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 91%, calculated from 770 allowed applications out of 850 disposed applications in the examiner's public record.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Examiner Kim is assigned to one art unit: 2196, within Technology Center 2100.
  • What do these figures represent?
    These figures are a pooled historical record of decided applications and do not constitute a prediction of the outcome of any specific pending application.
  • How many total applications are in this examiner's record?
    The examiner's record includes 903 total applications, of which 850 have been disposed (allowed or abandoned) and 80 were abandoned.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Sisley Nahyun Kim 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: 903 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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