Examiner Mario M Velez-Lopez has allowed 345 of 454 decided applications (76%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Mario M Velez-Lopez has a public record spanning three art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 454 disposed applications, he allowed 345, yielding an overall allowance rate of 76%. The allowance rate ranges from 58% to 84% across these art units, reflecting variation in the composition and outcomes of applications handled in each unit. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's work across all three art units and describes his historical record of decisions on decided applications.
A pooled, cross-art-unit record aggregates applications and dispositions from multiple art units into a single statistical snapshot. The overall allowance rate reflects the proportion of allowed applications among all decided cases, regardless of art unit. This aggregated figure describes past outcomes and is not a prediction of any specific application's fate. Individual art units may show different allowance rates; the range shown here reflects that variation across the examiner's portfolio.
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 →
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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 103 decided applications with an interview and 189 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 39 decided applications with an interview and 57 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Mario M Velez-Lopez 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: 494 applications.
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