Listed by the USPTO as VILLANUEVA, MARKUS ANTHONY
Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2151 2182
This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases
Markus Anthony Villanueva has resolved 65 cases in Art Unit 2151 and Tech Center 2100. The examiner's allowance rate is 60.0 percent. The median days to allowance is 1504, which suggests a relatively long prosecution cycle for applications in this unit. These figures provide a baseline for applicants to manage their expectations regarding both the likelihood of a grant and the time required to achieve it across these 65 resolved cases.
The interview lift is 30.7 percent. This 30.7 percent lift is very high, indicating that interviews are an extremely effective tool for applicants. Direct communication with Villanueva can significantly improve the chances of securing an allowance, potentially helping to navigate the 1504-day median timeline more efficiently. The 30.7 percent lift suggests that the examiner is highly responsive to the clarifications provided during a formal discussion.
NEC Corporation and Intel Corporation are top companies appearing before this examiner. Texas Instruments Incorporated is also a frequent applicant. Firms like Akona IP PC - Intel and Dority & Manning, P.A. and Groq, Inc. are frequently involved. EIP US LLP also appears in the top firms list. The 65 resolved cases and 60.0 percent allowance rate suggest a negotiable environment for patent applicants in Tech Center 2100.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18115891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH 3D IN-MEMORY COMPUTING | Non-Final OA | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| 17582939 | STOCHASTIC ROUNDING FOR NEURAL PROCESSOR CIRCUIT | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 17586629 | Adaptive Selection of Source Matrix Version for Matrix Multiply Operations | Non-Final OA | Oracle International Corporation |
| 18015246 | SOLUTION SYSTEM, SOLUTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 18014676 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 18187950 | RECONFIGURABLE MULTIBIT ANALOG IN-MEMORY COMPUTING WITH COMPACT COMPUTATION | Non-Final OA | Intel Corporation |
| 17764114 | TECHNOLOGY TO MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CACHE CONFLICTS CAUSED BY INCOMPATIBLE LEADING DIMENSIONS IN MATRIX MULTIPLICATION AND CONVOLUTION KERNELS WITHOUT DIMENSION PADDING | Final Rejection | Intel Corporation |
| 17420915 | PRODUCT-SUM OPERATION DEVICE, LOGICAL OPERATION DEVICE, NEUROMORPHIC DEVICE, AND PRODUCT-SUM OPERATION METHOD | Non-Final OA | TDK CORPORATION |
| 17898201 | HARDWARE ACCELERATOR FOR FLOATING-POINT OPERATIONS | Final Rejection | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited |
| 17761592 | VARIABLE OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS, VARIABLE OPTIMIZATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Non-Final OA | NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION |
| 17714327 | TECHNIQUE FOR BIT UP-CONVERSION WITH SIGN EXTENSION | Final Rejection | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED |
| 17566450 | ADDER WITH FIRST AND SECOND ADDER CIRCUITS FOR NON-POWER OF TWO INPUT WIDTH | Non-Final OA | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED |
| 17745322 | SHARED COLUMN ADCS FOR IN-MEMORY-COMPUTING MACROS | Final Rejection | The Trustees of Princeton University |
| 18167196 | PROCESSING UNIT FOR PERFORMING MULTIPLY-ACCUMULATE OPERATIONS | Non-Final OA | Arm Limited |
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Build Your Strategy60.0% of resolved applications examined by Markus Anthony Villanueva were allowed (65 resolved cases), compared with 81.0% across Art Unit 2151 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +30.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Markus Anthony Villanueva took 1,504 days on average from filing to allowance.
Markus Anthony Villanueva examines applications in Art Unit 2151 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).
