Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Zengpu Wei, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WEI, ZENGPU

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2192 2197 4100

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

WEI, ZENGPU is assigned to art unit 2192 in tech center 4100. The record includes 337 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 70.3% and a median of 1000 days to allowance. The interview lift is 53.3%, indicating a strong positive association and making examiner interviews a potentially important part of prosecution planning.

The leading companies are Dell Products L.P., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and International Business Machines Corporation. The leading firms are 2SPL Patent Attorneys, BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (DC). The established case record supports using these figures and participants as practical context for claim and interview strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

70.3%
Allow Rate
+10.3% vs TC avg
377
Total Applications
+53.3%
Interview Lift
1000
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 337 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.4%
§101 Eligibility
5.7%
§102 Novelty
60.6%
§103 Obviousness
12.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18465267 UPDATING A DOCUMENTATION SET BASED ON A CODE CHANGE IMPACT Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18792047 TECHNIQUES FOR EXECUTING COMMANDS AND SCRIPTS ACROSS OPERATING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
18495525 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18750306 METHOD FOR TESTING A COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18228540 METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF SYSTEM-WIDE FAILURE DUE TO SOFTWARE UPDATES Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18836834 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DERIVATION DEVICE, SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DERIVATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18624915 DYNAMIC TRACER MESSAGE LOGGING BASED ON BOTTLENECK DETECTION Non-Final OA Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
18817169 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18751883 Non-Intrusive Interaction Method and Electronic Device Final Rejection Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
18528921 Apparatuses, Devices, Methods and Computer Programs for Modifying a Target Application Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18517912 FLEET SERVER, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR UPDATING SOFTWARE FOR VEHICLE BASED ON GEO FENCE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18927717 PROGRAM GENERATION DEVICE, PROGRAM GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18576250 FIRMWARE UPGRADE OF IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Non-Final OA Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.
18392042 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SOFTWARE SUPPLY CHAIN TO CONTROL SOFTWARE OPERATIONS Non-Final OA Palantir Technologies Inc.
18742206 Multi-Phase Application Profiling and Compilation Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18224279 DYNAMIC DEBUGGER MANAGEMENT HELPER SERVICE Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18366129 REMOTE UPDATES OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Non-Final OA RTX Corporation
18178960 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18770715 Workload Context Aware Processor Environment Agnostic Processor Core Handling for Power and Computation Optimization Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18471863 APPLYING ATTRIBUTES INTRODUCED IN FIRMWARE UPDATES Final Rejection DELL PRODUCTS L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Zengpu Wei's allowance rate?

70.3% of resolved applications examined by Zengpu Wei were allowed (337 resolved cases), compared with 75.3% across Art Unit 2192 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Zengpu Wei?

This examiner's interview lift is +53.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Zengpu Wei take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Zengpu Wei took 1,000 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Zengpu Wei work in?

Zengpu Wei examines applications in Art Unit 2192 in Tech Center 4100.

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