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Examiner William B Partridge

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 410 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION FEB 2023
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner William B Partridge has allowed 307 of 410 decided applications (75%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

75% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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William B Partridge maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 410 disposed applications in art unit 2183, he allowed 307 and 103 were abandoned. His allowance rate is 75% over the 410 decided applications. This pooled figure reflects the examiner's record across a single art unit. The record does not predict outcomes in any individual application.

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This pooled record aggregates dispositions across one art unit in TC 2100. The 75% allowance rate describes past decisions on 410 applications and is not a prediction about any specific case. Pooled figures mask variation within and across art units. This snapshot reflects historical performance and does not indicate what will occur in any pending or future application.

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 2183
410 APPS · 75% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

75% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 72%
DISPOSITION307 / 103 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.1 moart unit avg 25 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY45.5 moart unit avg 40.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility35% · art unit 34%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)69%
§103 — Obviousness68% · art unit 79%
§112 — Written description & definiteness74%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW90%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW46%+44 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 268 decided applications with an interview and 142 without.

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Questions about Examiner William B Partridge

  • What is William B Partridge's overall allowance rate?
    His allowance rate is 75%, calculated from 307 allowed applications and 103 abandoned applications across 410 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    This pooled record covers one art unit: 2183, within Technology Center 2100.
  • Does this allowance rate predict what will happen to my application?
    No. The 75% figure describes past dispositions on 410 applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • What technology does this examiner work in?
    The examiner's record is in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner William B Partridge 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: 410 applications.

Lynch LLP is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Examiner statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data.

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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