Examiner Nicholas A Paperno

What the data says.

Nicholas A Paperno holds a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 333 total applications, 225 have been allowed and 81 abandoned, for a disposed total of 306 applications. The allowance rate is 74% over the 306 decided applications. His record spans a single art unit, consolidating examination activity within one area of subject matter. These figures represent a pooled summary of dispositions and do not indicate the distribution or treatment of any particular application type.

How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates data across all art units assigned to an examiner. The allowance rate describes past decisions on applications already concluded (allowed or abandoned), excluding pending filings. The aggregate figure reflects historical patterns across multiple art units and represents correlation in past outcomes, not prediction of future decisions on any specific application. Pooled statistics mask variation between individual art units.

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 →

The record, art unit by art unit.

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.

Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.

Questions about Examiner Nicholas A Paperno

• 01What is Examiner Paperno's overall allowance rate?

  The allowance rate is 74%, calculated over 306 disposed (decided) applications. This rate reflects the share of allowed applications among all allowed and abandoned filings and is not a prediction of outcome for any pending or future application.
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  This pooled record covers one art unit (2132). The examiner's activity is consolidated within a single area of Technology Center 2100.
• 03What do these figures represent?

  The figures describe concluded applications in the examiner's public record. The allowance rate and disposal counts are historical and do not forecast the disposition of any specific pending application or indicate examination patterns on future filings.
• 04Why is the allowance rate calculated only on disposed applications?

  Disposed applications are those with final outcomes (allowed or abandoned). Pending applications lack decisions and are excluded from the allowance-rate calculation. The rate reflects only concluded cases and cannot extend to applications still in examination.

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