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Examiner Leandro R Villanueva

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 90 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2019
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Leandro R Villanueva has allowed 34 of 90 decided applications (38%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

38% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2131 · 36%AU 2189 · 100%
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Leandro R Villanueva maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 90 disposed applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 38%, meaning 34 applications were allowed and 56 were abandoned. This allowance rate reflects outcomes across the pooled art units and describes the historical record of decided cases. The figure does not characterize performance or predict results in any particular application.

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This pooled record aggregates decisions from multiple art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 38% describes past dispositions across all art units combined, not performance within any single art unit. Aggregate statistics are historical observations and are not predictions about individual applications. Understanding that a pooled record spans different subject areas helps contextualize the overall figure without inferring outcomes for any specific case.

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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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 2131
88 APPS · 36% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.

36% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 56%
DISPOSITION32 / 56 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.2 moart unit avg 26.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY46 moart unit avg 41.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility16% · art unit 29%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)75%
§103 — Obviousness97% · art unit 79%
§112 — Written description & definiteness54%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW42%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW24%+18 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 59 decided applications with an interview and 29 without.

ART UNIT 2189
2 APPS · 100% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

100% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 77%
DISPOSITION2 / 0 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.5 moart unit avg 26.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY29 moart unit avg 39 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility0% · art unit 44%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness50% · art unit 72%
§112 — Written description & definiteness100%

Based on 2 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Leandro R Villanueva

  • What is Examiner Villanueva's overall allowance rate?
    Over 90 disposed applications, the allowance rate is 38%, representing 34 allowed and 56 abandoned cases. This is a pooled figure across all art units in the examiner's record and does not predict outcomes in any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The examiner's public record spans 2 art units (2131 and 2189) within Technology Center 2100. The pooled allowance rate of 38% aggregates decisions from both art units combined.
  • Does the allowance rate apply to my application?
    This pooled allowance rate describes the examiner's historical record across all disposed applications and art units. It is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome and does not account for individual application facts or procedural history.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Leandro R Villanueva 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 June 25, 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: 90 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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