Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BUI, KENNY KIM

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2182

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Analysis

Kenny Kim Bui is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2182. The examiner has 22 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 63.6 percent, which represents the proportion of cases that result in a patent grant. For a practitioner, this 63.6 percent rate is a metric for evaluating the likelihood of success during prosecution.

The median days to allowance is 1519. This 1519 figure indicates the typical time required to reach a grant from the start of the process. Understanding the 1519 median days helps in setting expectations for the duration of the legal proceedings in Art Unit 2182.

Direct engagement with the examiner is associated with a change in outcomes. The interview lift is 48.3 percent, which shows the increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted. Utilizing this 48.3 percent lift is an option for those navigating the 22 resolved cases handled by this examiner. The statistics from Tech Center 2100 provide a basis for planning future interactions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

63.6%
Allow Rate
+8.6% vs TC avg
40
Total Applications
+48.3%
Interview Lift
1519
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

30.3%
§101 Eligibility
5.3%
§102 Novelty
38.9%
§103 Obviousness
23.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17747778 METHOD OF COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION USING HYBRID TEMPORO-ATTENTIONAL BRANCHING, AND RELATED SYSTEM AND DEVICES Non-Final OA HUAWEI CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
17929749 NEURAL NETWORK FACILITATING FIXED-POINT EMULATION OF FLOATING-POINT COMPUTATION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17990355 FINAL EXPONENTIATION COMPUTATION DEVICE, PAIRING COMPUTATION DEVICE, CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING DEVICE, FINAL EXPONENTIATION COMPUTATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17934145 COMPUTE ENGINE WITH TRANSPOSE CIRCUITRY Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18297038 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18622637 TENSOR PROCESSING UNIT WITH CONFIGURABLE HARDWARE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17704674 REDUCED LOGIC CONVERSION OF BINARY INTEGERS TO BINARY CODED DECIMALS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17895250 OPTIMIZATION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
17489998 GENERIC IMAGE RESIZER USING MATRIX MULTIPLIER ACCELERATOR Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18072463 MULTIPLICATION BY A RATIONAL IN HARDWARE WITH SELECTABLE ROUNDING MODE Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
17894873 FRACTIONAL LOGARITHMIC NUMBER SYSTEM ADDER Final Rejection Xilinx, Inc.
17953595 CURRENT INPUT ANALOG CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
18077993 OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK ARRAY Non-Final OA Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.

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