Examiner William D Titcomb has allowed 927 of 1,031 decided applications (90%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
William D Titcomb has a public record spanning four art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 1,031 disposed applications, he allowed 927, yielding an overall allowance rate of 90%. The allowance rate across his four art units ranges from 86% to 97%, reflecting variation in the character of applications examined within TC 2100. These figures describe his historical record and do not constitute a prediction of the outcome of any particular application.
This profile aggregates Titcomb's record across multiple art units in TC 2100. The pooled allowance rate of 90% represents the proportion of decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) relative to all disposed applications—a historical aggregate. The range from 86% to 97% across art units illustrates that allowance rates vary by art unit. These statistics describe past outcomes, not predictions for individual cases.
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 artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 182 decided applications with an interview and 400 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 187 decided applications with an interview and 250 without.
Based on 11 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner William D Titcomb 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: 1,063 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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