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Examiner Taelor Kim

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 376 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2025
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Taelor Kim has allowed 215 of 376 decided applications (57%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

57% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Examiner Taelor Kim's public record spans Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), art unit 2156. Across 376 disposed applications, Kim allowed 215 and abandoned 161, for an allowance rate of 57% over the decided count. This figure reflects the examiner's pooled record and describes applications that have reached final disposition. The record does not include pending applications.

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This pooled record aggregates Kim's work across a single art unit within TC 2100. The 57% allowance rate is a historical summary of decided cases and does not forecast the outcome of any individual application. Pooled figures describe past dispositions; they are not predictions. Individual applications vary in complexity, claim scope, and prior art, and each receives independent examination.

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 2156
376 APPS · 57% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

57% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 69%
DISPOSITION215 / 161 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION21.3 moart unit avg 20.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY46.5 moart unit avg 40.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility48% · art unit 56%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)80%
§103 — Obviousness95% · art unit 84%
§112 — Written description & definiteness74%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW75%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW35%+40 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 209 decided applications with an interview and 167 without.

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Questions about Examiner Taelor Kim

  • What is Taelor Kim's allowance rate?
    Kim's allowance rate is 57%, based on 376 disposed applications (215 allowed, 161 abandoned). This is a pooled figure across all art units and describes past decisions, not any specific pending or future application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Kim's public record covers 1 art unit: 2156, within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • What does the pooled allowance rate tell me?
    The pooled rate reflects the examiner's historical disposal record across all assigned art units. It is an aggregate and does not predict the outcome of any particular application or indicate how any single case will be examined.
  • Are there pending applications in this record?
    No. The 376 disposed applications include only allowed and abandoned cases. Pending applications are excluded from the allowance-rate calculation.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Taelor 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: 376 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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