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Examiner Fuming Wu

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 121 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2019
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
57%vs 55% weighted peer average+2 pts

Examiner Fuming Wu has allowed 69 of 121 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed69abandoned52pending0· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (55%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2122 · 59%AU 2123 · 46%AU 2124 · 33%
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What the data says.

Examiner Fuming Wu maintains a public record across 3 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 57% across hundreds of decided applications. This figure represents the share of applications granted allowance among all decided matters (allowed and abandoned applications combined). The record spans multiple art units within TC 2100, and the aggregate allowance rate reflects outcomes across this breadth of subject matter. The 57% allowance rate is based on final decisions and does not include pending applications.

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How to read these numbers.

This record aggregates Examiner Wu's performance across multiple art units within TC 2100. Pooled figures describe historical outcomes but are not predictions for any individual application. An aggregate allowance rate reflects past decisions across different subject areas and examiner assignments. Individual applications may present distinct circumstances, claim scope, and prosecution history. Pooled statistics provide context for the examiner's overall record without forecasting the result of 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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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 2122
105 APPS · 59% ALLOWANCE

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

59% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION62 / 43 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.4 moart unit avg 27.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY40.3 moart unit avg 39.3 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 eligibility57%art unit 55%+2 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)47%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness86%art unit 83%+3 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness38%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW69%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW49%+20 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 52 decided applications with an interview and 53 without.

ART UNIT 2123
13 APPS · 46% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

46% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 51%
DISPOSITION6 / 7 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25.4 moart unit avg 29.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY55.9 moart unit avg 43.8 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 eligibility85%art unit 61%+24 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)62%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness77%art unit 85%8 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness23%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 13 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2124
3 APPS · 33% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

33% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 64%
DISPOSITION1 / 2 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION29 moart unit avg 28.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY47.5 moart unit avg 41.8 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 eligibility100%art unit 61%+39 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)33%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness67%art unit 88%21 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness33%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 3 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Fuming Wu

  • What is Examiner Fuming Wu's allowance rate?
    The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 57%, measured across hundreds of decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined, excluding pending filings).
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Examiner Wu's public record spans 3 art units (2122, 2123, 2124) within Technology Center 2100.
  • Does this record include all applications?
    No. The allowance rate and decided-application count exclude pending applications. The 57% figure applies only to applications with final decisions (allowed or abandoned).
  • What is the technology center?
    Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's record is pooled across all 3 art units within this center.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Fuming Wu 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: 121 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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