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Examiner Binod J Kunwar

TECH CENTER 2400 · 2 ART UNITS · 152 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION NOV 2020
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
66%vs 64% weighted peer average+2 pts

Examiner Binod J Kunwar has allowed 100 of 152 decided applications.

100 allowed
52 abandoned
No applications pending.
The weighted peer average (64%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 22, 2026
AU 2454 · 63%AU 2449 · 69%

What the data says.reading this examiner

Binod J Kunwar maintains a pooled allowance rate of 66% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2400. The examiner's record spans 2 art units. Allowance rates across these art units range from 63% to 69%. This pooled figure represents the share of decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) that resulted in allowance, excluding pending applications. The allowance rate reflects the examiner's historical record and does not constitute a prediction for any specific application.

How to read these numbers.

This record aggregates data across multiple art units within TC 2400, providing a broad view of the examiner's allowance history. Pooled figures describe past outcomes across many applications and do not predict the outcome of any individual application. Variation across art units—shown in the range of 63% to 69%—reflects differences in subject matter, application quality, and other factors that may vary by art unit. The pooled rate is useful context but applies to no single application.

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 →

The record, art unit by art unit.2 art units

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 2454
87 APPS · 63% ALLOWANCE

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

63%
higher than about 33% of the 57 examiners with published rates in art unit 2454
AU avg 70%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 57 examiners with published rates in art unit 2454; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average, computed across all 58 examiners in the unit — a broader group than the 57 published marks, so it can sit apart from them.

Disposition87 decided applications

55 allowed
32 abandoned
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 22.3mo
disposed 41.8mo
0
48mo
Art-unit average: first action 23.8 mo, disposed 40.6 mo.

Rejection groundsexaminer ● vs art-unit average ○

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 eligibility
AU 41
44%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
60%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 82
100%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
51%

Interview benefit

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

without
47%
+28 pts
with
75%

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 51 decided applications with an interview and 36 without.

ART UNIT 2449
65 APPS · 69% ALLOWANCE

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

69%
higher than about 62% of the 37 examiners with published rates in art unit 2449
AU avg 55%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 37 examiners with published rates in art unit 2449; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average.

Disposition65 decided applications

45 allowed
20 abandoned
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 20mo
disposed 41.2mo
0
48mo
Art-unit average: first action 23.9 mo, disposed 40.3 mo.

Rejection groundsexaminer ● vs art-unit average ○

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 eligibility
AU 40
49%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
93%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 87
100%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
61%

Interview benefit

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

without
50%
+27 pts
with
77%

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 47 decided applications with an interview and 18 without.

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Questions about Examiner Binod J Kunwar

  • What is Binod J Kunwar's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 66% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2400. This represents the percentage of decided applications that were allowed.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans 2 art units within TC 2400.
  • Does the allowance rate vary by art unit?
    Yes. Allowance rates across the examiner's art units range from 63% to 69%, reflecting differences in subject matter and application characteristics by art unit.
  • Is the pooled allowance rate a prediction for my application?
    No. The pooled rate describes the examiner's historical record across hundreds of decided applications and does not constitute a prediction for any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Binod J Kunwar has a public record within Technology Center 2400. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated July 22, 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: 152 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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