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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Benjamin C Wu, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WU, BENJAMIN C

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2195 2196

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

WU, BENJAMIN C works in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2100. Across 541 resolved cases, the allowance rate is 87.4%, the interview lift is 16.4%, and the median time to allowance is 1071 days. The allowance figure indicates a favorable recorded outcome pattern. The positive interview measure supports using interviews to clarify technical distinctions and move issues toward resolution, while maintaining a complete written response.

The leading companies are Intel Corporation, NVIDIA Corporation, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. The leading firms are KHMRG (NVIDIA), 2SPL Patent Attorneys, and Artegis Law Group, LLP. The portfolio is concentrated in semiconductor and processor technologies. Practitioners may want to prepare detailed comparisons to the cited art and use interviews to focus the examiner on the claimed system relationships without unnecessarily narrowing scope.

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

Performance Statistics

87.4%
Allow Rate
+32.4% vs TC avg
571
Total Applications
+16.4%
Interview Lift
1071
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 541 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.3%
§101 Eligibility
0.9%
§102 Novelty
50.6%
§103 Obviousness
14.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18736761 RESOURCE ESTIMATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18612825 GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNIT THROUGHPUT IMPROVEMENT USING ELEMENTARY FUNCTION UNIT OFFLOADING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18148478 HIGH-PERFORMANCE STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE OFFLOAD Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18145057 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN INTERDEPENDENCY BETWEEN RESOURCES OF A COMPUTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18634478 DISTRIBUTED WORKLOAD AND RISK-AWARE OVERCLOCKING MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18360036 DELAYED DELIVERY OF IRRELEVANT NOTIFICATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18219017 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO TERMINATE SOFTWARE WORKLOADS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18108277 LOGICAL CLUSTER PARTITIONING Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18392392 DYNAMIC PRECISION MANAGEMENT IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18540663 THROTTLING KERNEL SCHEDULING TO MINIMIZE CACHE CONTENTION Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18590276 MODIFYING RESTORE SCHEDULES TO MITIGATE SPIKE ACTIVITY DURING DATA RESTORES Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Benjamin C Wu's allowance rate?

87.4% of resolved applications examined by Benjamin C Wu were allowed (541 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 2100 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Benjamin C Wu?

This examiner's interview lift is +16.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Benjamin C Wu take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Benjamin C Wu took 1,071 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Benjamin C Wu work in?

Benjamin C Wu examines applications in Art Unit 2100 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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