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Examiner Wen Tai Lin

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 201 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Wen Tai Lin has allowed 147 of 201 decided applications (73%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

73% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Wen Tai Lin maintains a public record of 201 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of these decided cases, 147 were allowed and 54 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 73%. The examiner's record spans a single art unit within TC 2100. This pooled figure represents the ratio of allowed to all decided applications across that art unit and reflects the examiner's historical disposition record without indicating the outcome of any particular pending case.

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This record aggregates applications across one art unit in TC 2100. The 73% allowance rate describes applications already decided—allowed or abandoned—and is a historical summary. Pooled figures do not account for variations by art unit, technology field within the center, application complexity, or claim scope. An aggregate rate is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome and does not indicate how any future case will be examined.

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 2154
201 APPS · 73% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

73% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION147 / 54 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION33.9 moart unit avg 27.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY49 moart unit avg 41.9 mo
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW91%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW69%+22 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 34 decided applications with an interview and 167 without.

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Questions about Examiner Wen Tai Lin

  • What is Examiner Wen Tai Lin's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 73%, based on 201 disposed applications (147 allowed, 54 abandoned). This rate reflects the historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The examiner's record spans one art unit within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • What does the pooled allowance rate represent?
    The 73% rate aggregates all decided applications across the examiner's assigned art unit. It describes past dispositions and is not indicative of the outcome of any individual pending application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Wen Tai Lin 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: 201 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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