Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Nicholas A Paperno, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as PAPERNO, NICHOLAS A

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2132 2137

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.7%
Allow Rate
+16.7% vs TC avg
306
Total Applications
-3.2%
Interview Lift
892
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 290 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
10.4%
§102 Novelty
62.4%
§103 Obviousness
14.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17165698 FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATION OF STORAGE DEVICE WITH TRANSLATION LANGUAGE SET Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
19286154 MEDIA SCAN METHOD TO REDUCE ACTIVE IDLE POWER OF MEMORY DEVICES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19195336 MEMORY PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19040600 LOGICAL ADDRESS GRANULARITY CONFIGURATIONS FOR LOGICAL ADDRESS SPACE PARTITIONS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18625953 CACHE SYSTEMS FOR MAIN AND SPECULATIVE THREADS OF PROCESSORS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18982248 DATA EXCHANGE BETWEEN HOST AND STORAGE DEVICE USING COMPUTE FUNCTIONS Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
19183981 SELECTIVELY BYPASSING AN EXTERNAL CACHE OF A STORAGE SYSTEM FOR LARGE READS BASED ON SATURATION LATENCY AND THROUGHPUT OF THE EXTERNAL CACHE Final Rejection NetApp, Inc.
18180125 MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEM STORING DOORBELL INFORMATION IN THE BUFFER MEMORY Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
19224033 PASS THROUGH VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT TO COMPENSATE FOR CROSS-TEMPERATURE EFFECTS Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated
18375230 Method and Apparatus for Collaborative Memory Accesses Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Nicholas A Paperno's allowance rate?

71.7% of resolved applications examined by Nicholas A Paperno were allowed (290 resolved cases), compared with 73.3% across Art Unit 2132 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Nicholas A Paperno?

This examiner's interview lift is -3.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Nicholas A Paperno take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Nicholas A Paperno took 892 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Nicholas A Paperno work in?

Nicholas A Paperno examines applications in Art Unit 2132 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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