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Examiner Eric Charles Wai

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 752 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Eric Charles Wai has allowed 621 of 752 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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Eric Charles Wai maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 1 art unit, he has disposed of 752 applications, of which 621 were allowed. His overall allowance rate stands at 83% of decided applications. The record spans 791 total filings, with 131 abandonment dispositions. This pooled figure aggregates activity across all art units in which he has examined and reflects historical outcomes only.

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This pooled record aggregates all art units under which the examiner has examined. The allowance rate is calculated from decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) and does not include pending filings. Aggregate historical figures describe past dispositions and are not predictions about any specific application or art unit. Per-unit breakdowns and individual art-unit rates appear in separate record sections.

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 2195
791 APPS · 83% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

83% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 73%
DISPOSITION621 / 131 / 39allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION29.7 moart unit avg 33.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY44.2 moart unit avg 48.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility40% · art unit 49%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)36%
§103 — Obviousness86% · art unit 93%
§112 — Written description & definiteness35%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW72%+23 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 351 decided applications with an interview and 401 without.

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Questions about Examiner Eric Charles Wai

  • What is Eric Charles Wai's overall allowance rate?
    His allowance rate is 83%, calculated from 752 disposed applications (621 allowed, 131 abandoned). This reflects historical outcomes and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units has he examined in?
    He has examined in 1 art unit (2195) within TC 2100. This pooled record aggregates his activity across that unit.
  • What do these figures mean?
    The pooled record shows past dispositions. The allowance rate is a share of decided applications only and excludes pending filings. These historical figures do not predict outcomes in any individual case.
  • How many applications has he examined?
    His public record shows 791 total applications, of which 752 have been disposed (621 allowed, 131 abandoned). The remaining applications are pending.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Eric Charles Wai 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: 791 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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