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Examiner Patrice L Winder

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 118 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION AUG 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Patrice L Winder has allowed 78 of 118 decided applications (66%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

66% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2145 · 66%AU 2155 · 67%
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What the data says.

Patrice L Winder's public record spans 118 disposed applications across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of those 118 decided applications, 78 were allowed and 40 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 66%. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's work across art units 2145 and 2155. The record reflects outcomes on applications that have reached final disposition; it does not include pending cases.

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This profile presents a pooled record—an aggregate of the examiner's decided applications across multiple art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 66% describes past outcomes across all units combined. Pooled figures do not break down results by individual art unit and are not predictions of outcomes on any specific application. They provide a snapshot of historical dispositions only.

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 2145
115 APPS · 66% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

66% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION76 / 39 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION36.3 moart unit avg 26.9 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY56.5 moart unit avg 45.3 mo
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW100%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW60%+40 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 18 decided applications with an interview and 97 without.

ART UNIT 2155
3 APPS · 67% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

67% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION2 / 1 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION14.1 moart unit avg 27.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY16.2 moart unit avg 42.2 mo
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Questions about Examiner Patrice L Winder

  • What is this examiner's allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 66%, based on 78 allowed applications and 40 abandoned applications out of 118 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    This examiner's public record spans 2 art units: 2145 and 2155, both within TC 2100.
  • What does the pooled record include?
    The pooled record aggregates all decided applications (allowed and abandoned) across both art units. It does not include pending applications and does not break results down by individual art unit.
  • Is this allowance rate a prediction for my application?
    No. The allowance rate describes past outcomes on 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 Patrice L Winder 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: 118 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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