Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Mark A Giardino Jr., USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as GIARDINO JR, MARK A

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2135 2137 2185

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

GIARDINO JR, MARK A is assigned to Technology Center 2100 and Art Unit 2135. The record includes 685 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 84.7% and a median of 921 days to allowance. The interview lift is 2.5%, which is modest relative to the allowance outcome shown in the profile.

Netapp Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Google LLC are the principal company affiliations. The leading firms are CONLEY ROSE, P.C., Cooper Legal Group LLC, and DLA Piper LLP (US). Practitioners can treat the allowance rate as the primary outcome indicator and use the limited interview lift as a reason to assess whether written prosecution work is carrying more of the response burden. The affiliations provide relevant examples for software and electronics matters in this docket.

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

Performance Statistics

84.7%
Allow Rate
+29.7% vs TC avg
705
Total Applications
+2.5%
Interview Lift
921
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 685 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.6%
§101 Eligibility
24.6%
§102 Novelty
47.1%
§103 Obviousness
14.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18524121 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELIABILITY-BASED MEMORY POOL MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19091525 MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL WITH A FORBIDDEN MAPPING SCHEME Final Rejection Google LLC
18514539 Data Loss Management for Cloud-Based Storage Systems Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
19260132 LOGICAL ADDRESS INDICATIONS FOR ACCESSING SEQUENTIAL DATA FROM A MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19295952 NONVOLATILE MEMORY INCLUDING INTERMEDIATE BUFFER AND INPUT/OUTPUT BUFFER AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE NONVOLATILE MEMORY Non-Final OA KIOXIA CORPORATION
19267802 JOURNAL REPLAY OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
18919775 Automated Application Detection And Storage Savings Based On Intelligent Workload Characterization Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
19175350 MANAGING READ OPERATIONS IN A MEMORY SYSTEM Final Rejection Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18908047 USING DELTA SNAPSHOTS TO FACILITATE INTENT POLICY MODEL ROLLBACK AND DEPLOYMENT Final Rejection Juniper Networks, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Mark A Giardino Jr.'s allowance rate?

84.7% of resolved applications examined by Mark A Giardino Jr. were allowed (685 resolved cases), compared with 73.0% across Art Unit 2135 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Mark A Giardino Jr.?

This examiner's interview lift is +2.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Mark A Giardino Jr. take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Mark A Giardino Jr. took 921 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Mark A Giardino Jr. work in?

Mark A Giardino Jr. examines applications in Art Unit 2135 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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