Examiner Walter P Hanchak

What the data says.

Walter P Hanchak maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record spans one art unit. Across 167 disposed applications, 113 were allowed and 54 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 68%. This rate represents the percentage of applications that received a final decision (allowed or abandoned), excluding any pending matters. The record is a snapshot of outcomes on decided cases and does not forecast results on any particular application.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates all art units under the examiner's authority. The 68% allowance rate describes past dispositions across all assigned cases and is computed only from applications with final decisions—allowed or abandoned—excluding pending applications. Aggregate historical figures describe what has occurred, not what will occur on any specific application. Individual art-unit records may show different rates and are reported separately.

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 →

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.

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

Questions about Examiner Walter P Hanchak

• 01What is Walter P Hanchak's overall allowance rate?

  His allowance rate is 68%, calculated from 113 allowed applications out of 167 total disposed applications in his pooled record.
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  This pooled record covers one art unit (Art Unit 2122) within Technology Center 2100.
• 03What do these figures represent?

  These figures describe the examiner's past record of decided applications. The allowance rate is a historical measure and is not a prediction of the outcome on any individual application.
• 04How many applications have been abandoned?

  Fifty-four applications were abandoned out of the 167 total disposed applications in his pooled record.

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