Examiner Andrew L. Nalven

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2013 (157 months ago).

Examiner Andrew L. Nalven appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 85.3%, they average 1.26 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.26

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2008-2013)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 68
Granted Applications: 58
Non-Granted Applications: 10
Avg OA / Grant: 1.26
Last OA Observed: March 2013 (157 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2134 , 2434 , 2496
Work Groups Seen: 2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

2490 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	85.3%	1.26
Art Unit	32	67.7%	1.70
Group	225	65.1%	1.99
Tech Center	1,727	60.4%	2.14
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	58	52	89.7%
2009	7	6	85.7%
No observed data for 2010-2011.
2012	2	0	0.0%
2013	1	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

58 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	68	5.9%	13.2%	69.1%	1.5%
2	16	0.0%	12.5%	75.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

5.4%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.