Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Gautam Sain, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SAIN, GAUTAM

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2135 2185

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Analysis

SAIN, GAUTAM works in tech center 2100 and art unit 2135. The record contains 444 resolved cases, with a 67.6% allowance rate and a 20.1% interview lift. The median time to allowance is 1203 days. Applicants should therefore plan for a substantial prosecution period while recognizing that interviews may assist with case advancement.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Intel Corporation, and Micron Technology Inc. are the leading companies. Compass IP Law PC, HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C., and Harrity & Harrity, LLP are the leading firms. The profile supports a balanced approach that gives written responses primary importance and uses interviews to address focused examiner concerns.

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

Performance Statistics

67.6%
Allow Rate
+12.6% vs TC avg
474
Total Applications
+20.1%
Interview Lift
1203
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 444 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.9%
§101 Eligibility
1.6%
§102 Novelty
67.0%
§103 Obviousness
22.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19285021 NONVOLATILE MEMORY AND STORAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19265162 MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18931330 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING TERABYTES WRITTEN (TBW) OF A NAND BASED STORAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18793347 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING AND ARBITRATION QOS IMPROVEMENT BY EARLY FEEDBACK Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18623242 EXPLOITING VIRTUAL ADDRESS (VA) SPATIAL LOCALITY USING TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER (TLB) ENTRY COMPRESSION IN PROCESSOR-BASED DEVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17987687 MULTIPLEXED RANKS (MR) WITH PSEUDO BURST LENGTH 32 (BL32) Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17133624 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FOR FINE GRAINED LOW LATENCY DECOMPRESSION WITHIN PROCESSOR CORE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17705051 INTERFACE FOR DIFFERENT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MEMORY IO PATHS Final Rejection Intel NDTM US LLC
18628832 Modified representation of backup copy on restore Final Rejection Salesforce, Inc.
19184564 TECHNIQUES AND SYSTEMS FOR EMULATING INCOHERENT MEMORY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19002424 ALLOCATING MEMORY BLOCKS FOR FEATURES DURING MEMORY DEVICE SETUP Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18984753 SELF-REFRESH EXIT DETECTION FOR MEMORY DEVICES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17729948 FETCHING NON-ZERO DATA Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18325836 MEMORY CORE AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS WITH TRANSPOSED MATRIX CALCULATION FUNCTION INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
17313668 DEVICE-INITIATED INPUT/OUTPUT ASSISTANCE FOR COMPUTATIONAL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY ON DISK-CACHED AND TIERED SYSTEMS Non-Final OA SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (dba Solidigm)
19115715 RANDOM WRITE INSTRUCTION PROCESSING METHOD, SMR HARD DISK, AND COMPUTER DEVICE Final Rejection SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18665240 Methods and Systems for Processing-in-Memory Scope Release Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Gautam Sain's allowance rate?

67.6% of resolved applications examined by Gautam Sain were allowed (444 resolved cases), compared with 73.0% across Art Unit 2135 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Gautam Sain?

This examiner's interview lift is +20.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Gautam Sain take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Gautam Sain took 1,203 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Gautam Sain work in?

Gautam Sain examines applications in Art Unit 2135 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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