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Examiner Ben C Wang

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 486 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAR 2019
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Ben C Wang has allowed 404 of 486 decided applications (83%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

83% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Ben C Wang maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across a pooled record of 486 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 404 and abandoned 82. The allowance rate is 83% of decided applications. This record spans one art unit. The figures reflect historical dispositions and do not constitute predictions for any individual application.

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This record aggregates dispositions across all art units assigned to the examiner. The pooled allowance rate represents the share of decided applications that resulted in allowance, calculated from allowed plus abandoned applications only—pending applications are excluded. Aggregate historical statistics describe past record and are not predictions of outcomes in any specific case.

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 2192
486 APPS · 83% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines software engineering.

83% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION404 / 82 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION28.8 moart unit avg 29.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY45.8 moart unit avg 45.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility50% · art unit 46%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)73%
§103 — Obviousness95% · art unit 81%
§112 — Written description & definiteness24%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW66%+29 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 284 decided applications with an interview and 202 without.

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Questions about Examiner Ben C Wang

  • What is Ben C Wang's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 83%, calculated from 404 allowed applications and 82 abandoned applications out of 486 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    This record spans one art unit (2192), and the figures represent the pooled record across all assigned art units.
  • What does the allowance rate mean?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided (disposed) applications that were allowed. It excludes pending applications and is calculated from allowed and abandoned dispositions only.
  • Does this record predict my application's outcome?
    No. Historical aggregate statistics do not constitute a prediction for any specific application. Individual outcomes depend on the merits, claims, and prosecution history of each case.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ben C Wang 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: 486 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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