Examiner William C Wood has allowed 298 of 392 decided applications (76%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
William C Wood maintains a public record spanning 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 392 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 298 and abandoned 94, yielding an allowance rate of 76%. The record reflects decisions on applications pooled across all assigned art units. This figure describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction for any specific application.
This pooled record aggregates outcomes across multiple art units. The allowance rate of 76% reflects past decisions on 392 disposed applications and describes the examiner's overall practice history. Aggregate historical figures do not predict outcomes on individual applications, which depend on claim scope, prior art, and application-specific facts. The breadth across 2 art units means the record captures activity in distinct subject areas within TC 2100.
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 →
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 software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 189 decided applications with an interview and 96 without.
Primarily examines program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 65 decided applications with an interview and 42 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner William C Wood 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: 421 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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