Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Michael P Wieczorek, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1712 1715 1716 1717 1773 1787 1788 1792 2853 2892

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Analysis

WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P is assigned to Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 1712. His record covers 904 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 55.4% and a median of 1169 days to allowance. The 16.8% interview lift is positive, indicating that interviews may improve outcomes in a docket where allowance and nonallowance are relatively balanced.

The listed companies are Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Trumpf SE + Co. KG, and Canon Inc. The listed firms are Abel Schillinger, LLP, ALSTON & BIRD LLP, and AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP. Practitioners should use interviews to clarify which claim limitations matter most, then present focused amendments supported by the specification. The 1169-day median makes early development of fallback positions and continuation strategies useful.

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

Performance Statistics

55.4%
Allow Rate
-12.6% vs TC avg
951
Total Applications
+16.8%
Interview Lift
1169
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 904 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
12.9%
§102 Novelty
50.9%
§103 Obviousness
31.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18925888 MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
19095357 PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19296195 MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18654474 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING BONDING OF VOXELS AND RELATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND ARTICLES Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
19259758 METHODS FOR DETERMINING ATTACHMENT PLACEMENT APPLIANCE GEOMETRY Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
18547236 Insulation System for Electrically Rotating MachinesAnd Method for the Production Thereof Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18734417 AMORPHOUS MULTI-METAL-DOPED FILM FOR HARDMASK APPLICATION Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
19283688 INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18415770 INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
19093433 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Kokusai Electric Corporation
18641282 Scalable Self-assembly Technique for Strain-Engineering of Amorphous Complex Oxides and Fabrication of Hybrid Superlattices Non-Final OA UNM Rainforest Innovations
18224842 METHODS OF ALTERING PROTEIN DEPOSITION ON URINARY CATHETERS AND DEVICES Final Rejection University of Notre Dame du Lac
18833460 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MODIFIED WOODEN MATERIAL, 5-HMF RESINIFICATION SOLUTION, AND MODIFIED WOODEN MATERIAL Non-Final OA KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Michael P Wieczorek's allowance rate?

55.4% of resolved applications examined by Michael P Wieczorek were allowed (904 resolved cases), compared with 43.3% across Art Unit 1712 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Michael P Wieczorek?

This examiner's interview lift is +16.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Michael P Wieczorek take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Michael P Wieczorek took 1,169 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Michael P Wieczorek work in?

Michael P Wieczorek examines applications in Art Unit 1712 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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