Examiner William H Wood has allowed 56 of 97 decided applications (58%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
William H Wood has a disposed record of 97 applications across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of those 97 decided applications, 56 were allowed and 41 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 58%. This pooled figure represents the examiner's combined record across art units 2124 and 2193. The allowance rate reflects the proportion of applications that received a final allowance among all decided cases in the public record.
This record is pooled across multiple art units, aggregating applications from different subject-matter areas within TC 2100. Pooled statistics describe the examiner's past record and are not predictions of any specific application's outcome. Because different art units may have different allowance rates and application volumes, a pooled allowance rate reflects a combined average. The figure is historical and correlational, not causal.
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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.
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 16 decided applications with an interview and 75 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner William H 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: 97 applications.
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