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Last updated: October 26, 2026

William Wong, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WONG, WILLIAM

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2123 2141 2144 2172 2176 2178 2179 2188

This examiner grants 32% of resolved cases

Analysis

WONG, WILLIAM is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 2100 and art unit 2123. The profile covers 413 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 31.7% and a median of 1629 days to allowance. The interview lift of 26.9% indicates a positive association with allowance, but the overall outcome rate remains low.

The companies most represented are Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and The Toronto-dominion Bank. The leading firms are BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC, CR MILES, P.C., and Daylight Law, P.C. Counsel should prepare for a demanding and prolonged examination process. Interviews may be valuable for narrowing issues, but they should be paired with strong written responses and careful decisions about claim scope and continuation strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

31.7%
Allow Rate
-23.3% vs TC avg
443
Total Applications
+26.9%
Interview Lift
1629
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 413 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.0%
§101 Eligibility
13.1%
§102 Novelty
46.8%
§103 Obviousness
23.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17766798 METHOD FOR DYNAMIC LEADER SELECTION FOR DISTRIBUTED MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17735352 DISTRIBUTED LEARNING SERVER AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING METHOD Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17988552 Computer-implemented system and method for predicting future developments of a traffic scene Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18758853 DESKTOP SHARING METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17723216 COMPRESSION AS A SOLUTION FOR CONGESTION CONTROL ON AI WORKLOADS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18701559 LEARNING DEVICE, ANOMALY INDICATION DETECTION DEVICE, ANOMALY INDICATION DETECTION SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18326931 OPTIMIZING DEEP NEURAL NETWORK MODELS BASED ON SPARSIFICATION AND QUANTIZATION Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17709976 Analog Multiply-and-Accumulate Circuit Aware Training Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17556642 DISCOVERING DISTRIBUTION SHIFTS IN EMBEDDINGS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17613018 MONITORING OF AN AI MODULE OF A VEHICLE DRIVING FUNCTION Final Rejection Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner William Wong's allowance rate?

31.7% of resolved applications examined by William Wong were allowed (413 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 2123 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner William Wong?

This examiner's interview lift is +26.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner William Wong take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by William Wong took 1,629 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner William Wong work in?

William Wong examines applications in Art Unit 2123 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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