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Examiner Jacques Veillard

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 246 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2013
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
78%vs 63% weighted peer average+15 pts

Examiner Jacques Veillard has allowed 193 of 246 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed193abandoned53pending0· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (63%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2165 · 79%AU 2175 · 71%AU 2171 · 100%
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What the data says.

Jacques Veillard maintains a pooled allowance rate of 78% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His public record spans 3 art units. The allowance rate—the share of decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) that were allowed—reflects his aggregated examination activity across these art units. Allowance rates across his art units range from 71% to 79%, indicating variation in outcomes by art unit, though this pooled figure represents his overall performance across the group.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates examination outcomes from multiple art units within TC 2100. The 78% allowance rate describes past decided applications and is not predictive of any specific future application. Cross-art-unit records combine different subject areas and examination contexts, so the aggregate figure reflects overall performance but does not forecast outcomes in any particular art unit or case. Applicants review pooled data as historical context only.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

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The record, art unit by art unit.

Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2165
224 APPS · 79% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

79% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 63%
DISPOSITION177 / 47 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION27.4 moart unit avg 22.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY43.4 moart unit avg 39.6 mo
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REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility47%art unit 54%7 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)65%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness82%art unit 82%±0 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness18%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW93%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW70%+23 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 89 decided applications with an interview and 135 without.

ART UNIT 2175
21 APPS · 71% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.

71% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION15 / 6 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION17.2 moart unit avg 22.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY28.5 moart unit avg 37.8 mo
ART UNIT 2171
1 APPS · 100% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
100% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 56%
DISPOSITION1 / 0 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION2.6 moart unit avg 22 mo
TOTAL PENDENCYart unit avg 37.2 mo
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Questions about Examiner Jacques Veillard

  • What is Jacques Veillard's overall allowance rate?
    78% of his decided applications across TC 2100 were allowed. Decided applications include both allowed and abandoned cases; pending applications are excluded.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The record spans 3 art units within Technology Center 2100.
  • Do allowance rates vary by art unit?
    Yes. Allowance rates across his art units range from 71% to 79%. The pooled 78% figure aggregates these variations into a single overall measure.
  • How large is the sample of decided applications?
    The record covers hundreds of decided applications pooled across all art units.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Jacques Veillard has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated July 14, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 246 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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