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Examiner Luke S Wassum

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 204 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION AUG 2011
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Luke S Wassum has allowed 111 of 204 decided applications (54%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

54% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2167 · 56%AU 2177 · 43%
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What the data says.

Luke S Wassum maintains a public record across two art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 204 disposed applications, he allowed 111 and abandoned 93, for an overall allowance rate of 54%. The allowance rate ranges from 43% to 56% across these art units, reflecting variation in the record within TC 2100. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's work across both units and describes the historical record only.

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A pooled, cross-art-unit record combines data from multiple art units into a single set of statistics. The overall allowance rate (54% here) is an aggregate that reflects the examiner's decisions across all assigned units and represents the past record. This figure is a statistical description only and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application, which depends on claim scope, prior art, and examination details unique to that 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 2167
183 APPS · 56% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

56% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 67%
DISPOSITION102 / 81 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION28.2 moart unit avg 24.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY51.6 moart unit avg 41.2 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility22% · art unit 43%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)56%
§103 — Obviousness78% · art unit 75%
§112 — Written description & definiteness44%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW67%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW51%+16 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 52 decided applications with an interview and 131 without.

ART UNIT 2177
21 APPS · 43% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
43% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION9 / 12 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20.3 moart unit avg 22.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY31.8 moart unit avg 40.7 mo
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Questions about Examiner Luke S Wassum

  • What is Luke S Wassum's overall allowance rate?
    His overall allowance rate is 54%, based on 204 disposed applications (111 allowed, 93 abandoned). This is a historical record figure and not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    This record is pooled across two art units (2167 and 2177) within TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 43% to 56% across these art units. This pooled statistic reflects variation in the examiner's decisions within TC 2100.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Luke S Wassum 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: 204 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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