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Examiner Wei Ma

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 124 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 Wei Ma has allowed 92 of 124 decided applications (74%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

74% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Examiner Wei Ma maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across one art unit, 124 applications have been disposed. Of those decided applications, 92 were allowed and 32 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 74%. The record spans 145 total filings. This pooled figure represents the examiner's historical performance across all assigned art units and does not constitute a prediction of any specific application's outcome.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates the examiner's performance across all art units under their assignment. The 74% allowance rate is calculated from 124 decided applications (allowed plus abandoned; pending applications are excluded). Aggregate historical figures describe past dispositions and are not predictions of any individual application's result. Different art units may exhibit different characteristics; this summary represents the combined performance across the entire portfolio.

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 2135
145 APPS · 74% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.

74% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION92 / 32 / 21allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION17.7 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY35.5 moart unit avg 41.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility22% · art unit 21%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)93%
§103 — Obviousness97% · art unit 84%
§112 — Written description & definiteness65%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW76%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW71%+5 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 75 decided applications with an interview and 49 without.

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Questions about Examiner Wei Ma

  • What is Examiner Wei Ma's overall allowance rate?
    The overall allowance rate is 74%, based on 124 disposed applications in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does Examiner Wei Ma cover?
    The examiner's public record spans one art unit.
  • What does the allowance rate include and exclude?
    The 74% rate is calculated from allowed (92) and abandoned (32) applications. Pending applications are excluded. The rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • How many total applications are in this record?
    The examiner's record includes 145 total applications, of which 124 have been disposed.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Wei Ma 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: 145 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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