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Examiner Kiet G Tang

TECH CENTER 2400 · 2 ART UNITS · 839 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUL 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
91%vs 82% weighted peer average+9 pts

Examiner Kiet G Tang has allowed 760 of 839 decided applications.

760 allowed
Plus 44 applications still pending — not yet decided, so excluded from the rate.
The weighted peer average (82%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 22, 2026
AU 2469 · 92%AU 2458 · 39%

What the data says.reading this examiner

Kiet G Tang maintains a public record in Technology Center 2400 across two art units. The pooled allowance rate stands at 91% of decided applications across hundreds of decided applications. This aggregate figure encompasses applications allowed and abandoned, excluding pending matters. The examiner's allowance rate varies across art units, ranging from 39% to 92%. This range reflects the different subject-matter areas and application profiles within the examiner's assigned art units. The pooled record represents the combined history of examination activity across these jurisdictions.

How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates examination data across multiple art units into a single profile. The overall allowance rate describes past outcomes on decided applications within TC 2400 and is not predictive of any specific case. Art units may address different technologies or claim types, so variation across units is expected. This aggregate figure provides historical context on the examiner's overall record but does not forecast the result of any individual 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 2469
860 APPS · 92% ALLOWANCE

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

92%
higher than about 77% of the 26 examiners with published rates in art unit 2469
AU avg 82%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 26 examiners with published rates in art unit 2469; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average, computed across all 27 examiners in the unit — a broader group than the 26 published marks, so it can sit apart from them.

Disposition816 decided applications

751 allowed
Plus 44 applications still pending — not yet decided, so excluded from the rate.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 20.3mo
disposed 31.3mo
0
36mo
Art-unit average: first action 20.9 mo, disposed 34.8 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 24
20%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
72%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 90
89%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
32%

Interview benefit

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

without
88%
+9 pts
with
97%

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 349 decided applications with an interview and 467 without.

ART UNIT 2458
23 APPS · 39% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

39%
higher than about 27% of the 44 examiners with published rates in art unit 2458
AU avg 59%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 44 examiners with published rates in art unit 2458; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average, computed across all 45 examiners in the unit — a broader group than the 44 published marks, so it can sit apart from them.

Disposition23 decided applications

9 allowed
14 abandoned
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 34.1mo
disposed 43.7mo
0
48mo
Art-unit average: first action 24.9 mo, disposed 39.5 mo.
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Questions about Examiner Kiet G Tang

  • What is Kiet G Tang's overall allowance rate?
    The overall allowance rate is 91% of decided applications pooled across the examiner's art units in TC 2400, based on hundreds of decided applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The examiner maintains a public record across two art units within Technology Center 2400.
  • Does the allowance rate vary by art unit?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 39% to 92% across the examiner's art units, reflecting different subject-matter areas and application profiles.
  • Is the pooled allowance rate a prediction for my application?
    No. The pooled rate describes past outcomes on decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific case outcome.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Kiet G Tang 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: 883 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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