Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: VILLANUEVA, MARKUS ANTHONY

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2151 2182

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Analysis

Markus Anthony Villanueva works in Art Unit 2151 under Tech Center 2100. The examiner has processed 63 resolved cases. The data indicates an allowance rate of 58.7% for these applications. This 58.7% rate serves as a primary metric for practitioners to evaluate the likelihood of a patent grant. The 63 resolved cases provide a data set for understanding the examiner's historical tendencies within this technical area.

The median days to allowance for cases assigned to this examiner is 1495. This 1495-day figure represents the typical duration of the prosecution cycle for successful applications. A key finding in the data is the 32.4% interview lift. This 32.4% lift indicates that the probability of allowance increases when an interview is conducted. Practitioners should consider the 32.4% lift as a reason to engage in direct communication with the examiner. The 1495-day median pendency and the 58.7% allowance rate are important factors for strategic planning. By using the 32.4% interview lift, applicants may find a more effective path to allowance than through written responses alone.

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

Performance Statistics

58.7%
Allow Rate
+3.7% vs TC avg
83
Total Applications
+32.4%
Interview Lift
1495
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 63 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

22.5%
§101 Eligibility
12.8%
§102 Novelty
41.5%
§103 Obviousness
22.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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.
17351044 Systems and Methods for Numerical Precision in Digital Multiplier Circuitry Final Rejection Groq, Inc.
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
17898201 HARDWARE ACCELERATOR FOR FLOATING-POINT OPERATIONS Final Rejection Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
17586629 Adaptive Selection of Source Matrix Version for Matrix Multiply Operations Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
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 Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18167196 PROCESSING UNIT FOR PERFORMING MULTIPLY-ACCUMULATE OPERATIONS Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18077126 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING CANONICAL POLYADIC DECOMPOSITION Non-Final OA Industrial Technology Research Institute

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