Examiner William D Hutton Jr has allowed 85 of 164 decided applications (52%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
William D Hutton Jr maintains a public record across three art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 164 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 85 and abandoned 79, for an overall allowance rate of 52%. The allowance rate ranges from 48% to 65% across these art units, reflecting variation in outcomes by art unit. This pooled figure represents the examiner's historical record in decided cases and does not forecast the disposition of any individual application.
This record aggregates three separate art units, each with its own examination patterns and applicant populations. The pooled allowance rate of 52% reflects the combined outcome across all three units and represents past performance data only. Individual applications may fall anywhere within the art-unit range. An aggregate figure describes what has occurred, not what will occur in any specific case.
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 general computer details, and 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 31 decided applications with an interview and 92 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner William D Hutton Jr 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: 164 applications.
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