Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Lenin Paulino, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as PAULINO, LENIN

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2193 2197 4100

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Analysis

Paulino, Lenin is assigned to Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2193, with 338 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 57.4%, the interview lift is 25.7%, and the median time to allowance is 1428 days. The overall allowance measure is higher than the interview measure, while the positive lift supports interviews as a useful tool during an extended prosecution process.

The listed companies are Fidelity Information Services LLC, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Citibank, N.A. The leading firms are 2SPL Patent Attorneys, DUANE MORRIS LLP - San Diego, and MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP. The timing measure favors early planning, with focused interviews and carefully sequenced amendments likely to help manage the longer path to allowance.

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

Performance Statistics

57.4%
Allow Rate
-2.6% vs TC avg
375
Total Applications
+25.7%
Interview Lift
1428
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 338 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.5%
§101 Eligibility
9.0%
§102 Novelty
59.7%
§103 Obviousness
5.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18560804 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED COGNITIVE TEST SCRIPT GENERATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18657062 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD WITH HARDWARE-OPTIMIZED COMPILATION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18317700 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18249611 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18814901 MUTATION TESTING WITHIN CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18066716 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS TESTING OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA FIDELITY INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
17158404 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS TESTING OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Final Rejection FIDELITY INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
18572214 A Concept for Generating Code of Test Cases Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18094267 System For Publishing Embedded Web Application With Atomic Version Control Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
18428420 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING ANALYSIS TOOL ALERTS AND FOR GENERATING PROMPTS AND FIX SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ALERTS USING AI Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18372717 Electronic system and firmware update method having firmware update troubleshooting mechanism Non-Final OA REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
18135923 Asynchronous Caching for Stateful Applications Non-Final OA RED HAT, INC.
18307342 EFFICIENT FIRMWARE TESTING Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18849967 MANAGEMENT AND UPDATING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATION DEVICES OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM CONNECTED TO AN OT NETWORK Non-Final OA Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
18104824 SECURED CONTAINER DEPLOYMENT Final Rejection Schneider Electric Industries SAS

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Lenin Paulino's allowance rate?

57.4% of resolved applications examined by Lenin Paulino were allowed (338 resolved cases), compared with 70.7% across Art Unit 2193 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Lenin Paulino?

This examiner's interview lift is +25.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Lenin Paulino take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Lenin Paulino took 1,428 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Lenin Paulino work in?

Lenin Paulino examines applications in Art Unit 2193 in Tech Center 4100.

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