This examiner has a small public record (20applications), so we don't publish a record summary — small samples over-state patterns. The per-art-unit figures below are shown for completeness.
William Michael Lee's public record spans Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), covering one art unit. Across 20 total applications in the pooled record, zero applications have been decided (allowed or abandoned combined). Because no applications have reached a final decision, no allowance rate can be calculated. The record reflects early-stage activity with all applications remaining pending. This data represents aggregated performance across the examiner's assigned art units and is descriptive of past filings only.
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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 artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Based on 20 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 Michael Lee 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: 20 applications.
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