Examiner William M Treat has allowed 271 of 347 decided applications (78%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
William M Treat maintains a pooled allowance rate of 78% across 347 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His record spans two art units (2181 and 2183). Of the 347 decided applications, 271 were allowed and 76 were abandoned. The allowance rate across his art units ranges from 72% to 94%, reflecting variation in outcomes within TC 2100. This pooled figure represents the examiner's aggregate record and does not predict any individual application outcome.
This pooled record aggregates data from two art units within TC 2100 and represents the examiner's historical aggregate performance. The 78% allowance rate is a summary of past decisions across 347 disposed applications and does not constitute a prediction for any specific pending or future application. Pooled figures mask unit-level variation; the range of 72% to 94% indicates that allowance rates differ across the art units included in this examiner's portfolio. Review art-unit-level records for more granular data.
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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 interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units, 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 82 decided applications with an interview and 165 without.
Primarily examines program control and execution.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner William M Treat 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: 347 applications.
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