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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Bradford F Wheaton, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WHEATON, BRADFORD F

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2193 2197 2653

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Analysis

WHEATON, BRADFORD F is assigned to Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2193. The record covers 398 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 61.3% and a median of 1426 days to allowance. The 11.4% interview lift is positive but modest, suggesting that interviews may help clarify issues without replacing a well-developed written response.

The listed companies are Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Bank of America Corporation, and LG Electronics Inc. The listed firms are BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD, BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, and CANTOR COLBURN LLP. Practitioners should prepare interviews around discrete claim limitations and maintain a clear amendment fallback. The 1426-day median indicates that prosecution may require sustained attention, making early evaluation of continuation and cost implications useful.

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

Performance Statistics

61.3%
Allow Rate
-0.7% vs TC avg
433
Total Applications
+11.4%
Interview Lift
1426
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 398 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.5%
§101 Eligibility
2.1%
§102 Novelty
68.1%
§103 Obviousness
8.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17786297 Method and Communication Device for Updating Software Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18868670 HOME APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18787926 TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAYING WARNINGS ABOUT POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18658413 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PLATFORM FOR SCRIPT INTERRUPTION HANDLING Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
18410728 COMPUTER AND METHOD Final Rejection Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
18293110 CONFIGURING A NETWORK FUNCTION SOFTWARE VERSION Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18398682 USING CROSS-COMPILATION TO DETERMINE TRANSLATION ACCURACY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED CODE Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18510210 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO PROVIDE COMPILER OPTIONS TO PERFORM TENSOR OPERATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18659297 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS COMPILER Final Rejection ServiceNow, Inc.
18634701 MEMORY SYSTEMS, OPERATION METHODS THEREOF, READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18790163 METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MERGING PULL REQUEST Non-Final OA DELL PRODUCTS L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Bradford F Wheaton's allowance rate?

61.3% of resolved applications examined by Bradford F Wheaton were allowed (398 resolved cases), compared with 70.7% across Art Unit 2193 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Bradford F Wheaton?

This examiner's interview lift is +11.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Bradford F Wheaton take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Bradford F Wheaton took 1,426 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Bradford F Wheaton work in?

Bradford F Wheaton examines applications in Art Unit 2193 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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