USPTO Examiner SAIN GAUTAM - Art Unit 2135

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17129990INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND ACCESS CONTROL METHODDecember 2020September 2023Abandon3340NoNo
17250245INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODDecember 2020July 2022Allow1910NoNo
17108811RECOVERING MECHANICAL ENERGY FROM DATA STORAGE DEVICESDecember 2020June 2023Abandon3020YesNo
17037967MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2020February 2023Abandon2820NoNo
17018817STORAGE DEVICE AND METHODSeptember 2020January 2024Abandon4040NoNo
16965900HANDLING DATA WITH DIFFERENT LIFETIME CHARACTERISTICS IN STREAM-AWARE DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENTJuly 2020August 2024Allow4930YesNo
16896142PREDICTING HOST ACCESS RATES FOR VARIABLE BIT RATE DATA STREAMS USING A DATA STORAGE CONTROLLERJune 2020February 2023Allow3230YesNo
16852326SOFTWARE MANAGED MEMORY HIERARCHYApril 2020February 2024Allow4630YesNo
16844002MEMORY SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING WHETHER INTERNAL OPERATION IS PERFORMABLE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEApril 2020September 2022Abandon2910NoNo
16834407SIMPLE ELASTIC FILE-BASED MULTI-CLASS STORAGE LAYER (EFMS)March 2020August 2024Allow5260YesNo
16799491Dynamic Memory Supporting Simultaneous Refresh and Data-Access TransactionsFebruary 2020August 2022Abandon3010NoNo
16790171MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY DEVICE, AND MEMORY SYSTEMFebruary 2020June 2022Allow2810NoNo
16717469Storage System and Method for Improving Utilization of a Communication Channel between a Host and the Storage SystemDecember 2019March 2023Allow3950YesNo
16716848MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM LOG SYNCHRONIZATIONDecember 2019November 2023Abandon4740YesNo
16715001ASYMMETRIC LOGICAL UNIT ACCESS PATH DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMDecember 2019December 2021Allow2420YesNo
16712781MEMORY CONTROLLER AND STORAGE DEVICE HAVING THE SAMEDecember 2019October 2021Allow2210NoNo
16711275SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING OF LOG DATA IN MEMORYDecember 2019July 2021Allow1910YesNo
16701794APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PACKET TRANSFER ACROSS A MEMORY FABRIC PHYSICAL LAYER INTERFACEDecember 2019October 2022Allow3530YesNo
16696830Hold of Write Commands in Zoned NamespacesNovember 2019September 2023Abandon4560YesNo
16696397STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2019August 2022Abandon3330YesNo
16687792SOLID-STATE DEVICES TO REDUCE LATENCY BY EMPLOYING INSTRUCTION TIME SLICING TO NON-VOLATILE MEMORY (NVM) SETS MAPPED TO INDEPENDENTLY PROGRAMMABLE NVM PLANESNovember 2019February 2024Abandon5160YesYes
16672071MODIFICATION-FREQUENCY-BASED TIERED DATA STORAGE AND GARBAGE COLLECTION SYSTEMNovember 2019December 2021Allow2530NoNo
16670105Relocation of Data in Memory At Different Transfer Rates Based on TemperatureOctober 2019April 2024Abandon5380YesNo
16669287MIGRATING DATA BETWEEN BLOCK POOLS IN A STORAGE SYSTEMOctober 2019May 2021Allow1910YesNo
16668661GLOBAL DEADLINE DRIVEN LOCAL SYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION I/O HANDLING AND RECOVEROctober 2019February 2023Allow3940YesNo
16664493ASYMMETRIC LOGICAL UNIT ACCESS PATH DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMOctober 2019May 2021Allow1910YesNo
16656012SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING APP-CONSISTENT BACKUPS UTILIZING CRASH-CONSISTENT METHODS AND NOT REQUIRING AN AGENTOctober 2019August 2024Abandon5880NoNo
16598569DYNAMIC PREMIGRATION THROTTLING FOR TIERED STORAGEOctober 2019March 2021Allow1810YesNo
16596412MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFOctober 2019October 2021Allow2420YesNo
165922712-PHASE SYNC REPLICATION RECOVERY TO OPTIMIZE RECOVERY POINT OBJECTIVE (RPO)October 2019December 2021Allow2620NoNo
16588394MEMORY-SIDE PAGE ACTIVITY RECORDERSeptember 2019May 2024Allow5540YesYes
16586821ACTIVITY QUERY RESPONSE SYSTEMSeptember 2019January 2025Abandon60100YesNo
16586103RAID STORAGE-DEVICE-ASSISTED READ-MODIFY-WRITE SYSTEMSeptember 2019January 2022Allow2820NoNo
16584767NONVOLATILE MEMORY WITH INCREASED NUMBER OF USABLE TIMESSeptember 2019July 2022Abandon3330YesNo
16582204INCREASING GRANULARITY OF DIRTY BIT INFORMATION IN HARDWARE ASSISTED MEMORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSSeptember 2019April 2021Allow1920YesNo
16570700Systems and Methods for Managing Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)September 2019May 2022Abandon3230NoNo
16566567METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MOUNTING OF FILE SYSTEMSeptember 2019July 2021Allow2210YesNo
16565839PARTITION IDENTIFIERS FOR PAGE TABLE WALK MEMORY TRANSACTIONSSeptember 2019October 2021Allow2520YesYes
16565925METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STORING DATASeptember 2019March 2022Allow3030NoNo
16560217PRODUCER-TO-CONSUMER ACTIVE DIRECT CACHE TRANSFERSSeptember 2019May 2021Allow2120YesNo
16554332COMMAND DELAYAugust 2019April 2021Allow2020YesNo
16554263COMMAND TRACKINGAugust 2019April 2023Abandon4460YesNo
16552484MANAGING ATTRIBUTES OF MEMORY COMPONENTSAugust 2019August 2023Abandon4860YesNo
16547648HIERARCHICAL MEMORY APPARATUSAugust 2019July 2023Abandon4760YesNo
16533964TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY SEGMENTS OF INFORMATION SPACE THROUGH ACTIVE ADAPTION TO ENVIRONMENT CONTEXTAugust 2019July 2023Abandon4760YesNo
16530817SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MIGRATION ACROSS STORAGE SYSTEMSAugust 2019August 2021Allow2420YesNo
16527100MULTI-PORT MEMORY ARCHITECTURE FOR A SYSTOLIC ARRAYJuly 2019October 2022Allow3950YesNo
16526649HANDLING OF HOST-INITIATED REQUESTS IN MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMSJuly 2019November 2022Allow4050YesNo
16514463MEMORY CACHE-LINE BOUNCE REDUCTION FOR POINTER RING STRUCTURESJuly 2019May 2024Allow5780YesNo
16514477SAFE VIRTUAL MACHINE PHYSICAL DEVICE ACCESS FOR NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATIONJuly 2019January 2024Allow5480YesNo
16513206MEMORY CONTROLLER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJuly 2019September 2021Allow2630YesNo
16511362DIRECT MEMORY ACCESSJuly 2019January 2021Allow1810NoNo
16507915READ SAMPLE OFFSET PLACEMENTJuly 2019November 2022Allow4050YesNo
16459933APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONFIGURING IMPEDANCE OF MEMORY INTERFACESJuly 2019May 2021Allow2320YesNo
16458883DATA ACCESS TOOLJuly 2019August 2020Allow1400NoNo
16457014PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGES BETWEEN SNAPSHOTSJune 2019March 2021Allow2110NoNo
16453442SUPER BUNDLES FOR SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATACENTER UPGRADESJune 2019September 2023Allow5140YesYes
16445340MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEJune 2019March 2022Abandon3340YesNo
16433927MECHANISMS FOR A CONTENTION FREE LOOKUP IN A CACHE WITH CONCURRENT INSERTIONS AND DELETIONSJune 2019February 2021Allow2120YesNo
16426361System, Apparatus And Method For Synchronizing Multiple Virtual Link States Over A Package InterconnectMay 2019May 2022Allow3530YesNo
16405421PROTOCOL INCLUDING A COMMAND-SPECIFIED TIMING REFERENCE SIGNALMay 2019December 2020Allow1910YesNo
16393796NATIVE STORAGE QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR VIRTUAL MACHINESApril 2019December 2020Allow1910YesNo
16381105INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF CACHEApril 2019November 2021Allow3140YesNo
16363744ENHANCED STORAGE DEVICE MEMORY ARCHITECTURE FOR MACHINE LEARNINGMarch 2019July 2023Allow5230YesNo
16353274INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING STORAGE DEVICEMarch 2019March 2022Allow3640YesNo
16293261ARBITRATION TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGED MEMORYMarch 2019February 2023Allow4750NoNo
16293227ARBITRATION TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGED MEMORYMarch 2019July 2021Allow2930YesNo
16293540COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR DISTRIBUTED DATAMarch 2019March 2022Abandon3740YesNo
16283382Data Storage Device and Non-Volatile Memory Control MethodFebruary 2019January 2021Abandon2310NoNo
16280986RECALL OF PREVIOUSLY MIGRATED DATA FROM A CLOUD STORAGE TO A STORAGE CONTROLLER BY USING PARALLEL WRITERS FOR THE DATAFebruary 2019July 2021Allow2930YesNo
16278172MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNITFebruary 2019September 2020Allow1910YesNo
16275788AUTO ALLOCATION OF STORAGE SYSTEM RESOURCES TO HETEROGENEOUS CATEGORIES OF RESOURCE CONSUMERFebruary 2019June 2020Allow1600YesNo
16273583Modified Representation Of Backup Copy On RestoreFebruary 2019April 2024Abandon6060YesYes
16260772METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INLINE DEDUPLICATION USING ERASURE CODING TO MINIMIZE READ AND WRITE OPERATIONSJanuary 2019November 2021Allow3430YesNo
16261315Selective Restriction of Large Object Pages in a DatabaseJanuary 2019December 2022Abandon4760YesNo
16245173DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZED SCHEDULING OF BACKGROUND MANAGEMENT OPERATIONSJanuary 2019April 2022Allow3960YesNo
16228624Logical Compaction of a Degraded Chunk in a Geographically Diverse Data Storage SystemDecember 2018May 2021Allow2920YesNo
16212979BUFFER AND METHODS FOR ADDRESS TRANSLATIONS IN A PROCESSORDecember 2018August 2023Allow5680YesNo
16189642MEMORY DEVICE THAT PERFORMS INTERNAL COPY OPERATIONNovember 2018December 2020Allow2520YesNo
16176703ELASTICALLY MANAGING CACHE FOR SUB-BLOCK DEDUPLICATIONOctober 2018July 2020Allow2030YesNo
16153422THREE DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE HAVING ISOLATED PERIPHERY CONTACTS THROUGH AN ACTIVE LAYER EXHUME PROCESSOctober 2018June 2021Abandon3240NoNo
16115235SUPPORTING LIVE MIGRATIONS AND RE-BALANCING WITH A VIRTUAL STORAGE UNITAugust 2018March 2021Allow3050NoNo
16110580MANAGING RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORKAugust 2018January 2021Abandon2810NoNo
16026500METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A VOLUME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICEJuly 2018August 2021Allow3730YesNo
16024596PATCHABLE HARDWARE FOR ACCESS CONTROLJune 2018December 2024Allow6080YesYes
16020871NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING AN INCREASED EFFECTIVE NUMBER OF SUPPORTED HEAT LEVELSJune 2018July 2020Allow2510YesNo
16019151INTEGRATION OF APPLICATION INDICATED MAXIMUM TIME TO CACHE TO LEAST RECENTLY USED TRACK DEMOTING SCHEMES IN A CACHE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF A STORAGE CONTROLLERJune 2018July 2021Allow3630YesNo
15990694DATA PROCESSING DEVICEMay 2018September 2021Abandon3940YesNo
15989972ENHANCED ADDRESS SPACE LAYOUT RANDOMIZATIONMay 2018February 2021Allow3330YesNo
15968930METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING DATA STORAGEMay 2018March 2021Abandon3440NoNo
15969684REDUCING COPY OPERATIONS FOR A VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATIONMay 2018February 2020Allow2220YesNo
15902988Multiple-Stage Data Lifetime Management for Storage DevicesFebruary 2018March 2020Allow2420YesNo
15890256Re-Playable Execution Optimized for Page Sharing in a Managed Runtime EnvironmentFebruary 2018September 2021Allow4440YesYes
15878315IDENTIFYING A READ OPERATION FOR A STORAGE DEVICE BASED ON A WORKLOAD OF A HOST SYSTEMJanuary 2018June 2023Abandon6080YesYes
15878235ROLLBACK ON A SEQUENTIAL STORAGE MEDIUM TO A SPECIFIC POINT IN TIMEJanuary 2018September 2020Allow3230YesNo
15878204STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA OUTPUT METHOD FOR STORAGE DEVICEJanuary 2018May 2020Allow2830NoNo
15877823DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2018October 2019Allow2010YesNo
15877948SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OBJECT STOREJanuary 2018October 2019Allow2120YesNo
15878096DATA STORAGE DEVICE OPPORTUNISTICALLY REFRESHING DATAJanuary 2018June 2019Allow1720YesNo
15877710EVENT-BASED DYNAMIC MEMORY ALLOCATION IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICEJanuary 2018April 2021Allow3960YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SAIN, GAUTAM.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
21
Examiner Affirmed
11
(52.4%)
Examiner Reversed
10
(47.6%)
Reversal Percentile
69.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 47.6% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
53
Allowed After Appeal Filing
21
(39.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
32
(60.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
65.1%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 39.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner SAIN, GAUTAM - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SAIN, GAUTAM works in Art Unit 2135 and has examined 305 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 66.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SAIN, GAUTAM's allowance rate of 66.2% places them in the 28% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SAIN, GAUTAM receive 3.52 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 92% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SAIN, GAUTAM is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 32% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +34.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SAIN, GAUTAM. This interview benefit is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 17.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 16.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 33.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 61.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 39.4% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 55% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 10% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.