Examiner Ziaul Karim has allowed 843 of 981 decided applications (86%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Ziaul Karim's public record spans 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), with a pooled allowance rate of 86% across 981 decided applications. Of 1,028 total applications in the record, 843 were allowed and 138 were abandoned. The allowance rate—calculated as a percentage of decided applications only—ranges from 75% to 91% across the examiner's art units. This aggregate figure represents the examiner's historical record across all three art units combined and does not indicate the rate for any individual art unit.
A pooled record aggregates statistics from multiple art units into a single overall figure. The 86% allowance rate reflects past dispositions across all three art units the examiner works in and is a historical record, not a prediction for any particular application. Different art units may show different rates, as indicated by the range of 75% to 91%. Aggregate figures describe what happened; they do not forecast outcomes in individual cases.
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 →
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 electric power networks, supply, and distribution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 390 decided applications with an interview and 294 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
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 161 without.
Primarily examines control or regulating systems.
Based on 1 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ziaul Karim 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: 1,028 applications.
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