Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Eric Charles Wai, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WAI, ERIC CHARLES

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2195

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Analysis

WAI, ERIC CHARLES works in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2195, with 661 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 82.1%, and the median time to allowance is 1353 days. Interview lift is 27.1%, indicating a meaningful positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes despite the extended median timing.

NVIDIA Corporation, ARM Limited, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are the leading companies. Fogarty LLP, Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C., and KHMRG (NVIDIA) are the leading firms. Interview preparation may be valuable for resolving technical distinctions, while the median timing supports beginning prosecution planning early.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

82.1%
Allow Rate
+27.1% vs TC avg
696
Total Applications
+27.1%
Interview Lift
1353
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 661 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.5%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
51.8%
§103 Obviousness
15.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18531317 APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT METHOD, DISTRIBUTED OPERATING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18544153 SELF-SOVEREIGN RESOURCE TRACKING FOR DOMAIN ISOLATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18569890 DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE MONITORING VIRTUALIZATION SUPPORT Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18851568 MULTI-CLUSTER SERVICE SYSTEM, SERVICE ACCESS METHOD, INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Cloud Intelligence Assets Holding (Singapore) Private Limited
18166719 COMPUTING TASK ALLOCATION FOR COMPLEX MULTI-TASK PROCESSES Final Rejection Optum Services (Ireland) Limited
18207077 PROCESSOR BINDING TECHNIQUE Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18174906 PARALLEL WORKLOAD SCHEDULING BASED ON WORKLOAD DATA COHERENCE Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18609659 Object-Oriented Memory Non-Final OA Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
18776782 Systems and Methods to Optimize Resource Management for Virtual Machines Non-Final OA SAP SE
18782836 MOVING A STATEFUL APPLICATION BETWEEN NODES OF A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18647164 RESTRICTION OF BANDWIDTH UTILISATION Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18483636 INSTRUCTION DISPATCH Final Rejection Arm Limited
18216310 PROCESSOR WITH VIRTUALIZABLE SIGNAL MONITORS Final Rejection ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
17957907 Executing Kernel Workgroups Across Multiple Compute Unit Types Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18491166 PROVIDING RESILIENCE IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18569893 MULTIMEDIA DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND DEVICE Final Rejection Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Eric Charles Wai's allowance rate?

82.1% of resolved applications examined by Eric Charles Wai were allowed (661 resolved cases), compared with 66.5% across Art Unit 2195 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Eric Charles Wai?

This examiner's interview lift is +27.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Eric Charles Wai take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Eric Charles Wai took 1,353 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Eric Charles Wai work in?

Eric Charles Wai examines applications in Art Unit 2195 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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