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Examiner Eric A Wiener

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 193 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION APR 2017
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
44%vs 48% weighted peer average4 pts

Examiner Eric A Wiener has allowed 84 of 193 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed84abandoned109pending0· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (48%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2142 · 44%AU 2179 · 43%
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What the data says.

Eric A Wiener has a pooled allowance rate of 44% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His record spans 2 art units. The allowance rate ranges from 43% to 44% across these art units. This figure represents the percentage of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) in his pooled record. The range reflects variation across the individual art units in which he maintains a substantial record.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units within TC 2100. The 44% allowance rate describes the examiner's historical record of decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled figures smooth variation across art units and represent past dispositions only. Individual art-unit records may differ from the aggregate and are shown separately on this page.

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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The record, art unit by art unit.

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 2142
112 APPS · 44% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

44% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 45%
DISPOSITION49 / 63 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION32.5 moart unit avg 30.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY72.5 moart unit avg 48.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility56%art unit 56%±0 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)63%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness93%art unit 91%+2 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness68%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW57%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW18%+39 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 74 decided applications with an interview and 38 without.

ART UNIT 2179
81 APPS · 43% ALLOWANCE
43% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION35 / 46 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION33.4 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY59.4 moart unit avg 43.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility71%art unit 39%+32 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)71%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness86%art unit 86%±0 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness14%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW71%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW19%+52 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 38 decided applications with an interview and 43 without.

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Questions about Examiner Eric A Wiener

  • What is Eric A Wiener's overall allowance rate?
    44% of his decided applications across all art units were allowed.
  • How many art units does he cover?
    2 art units within TC 2100.
  • Does his allowance rate vary by art unit?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 43% to 44% across his art units.
  • Is this allowance rate a prediction for my application?
    No. This figure describes the examiner's past record of decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Eric A Wiener 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 July 14, 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: 193 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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