Examiner Shawn Buchanan

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2012 (175 months ago).

Examiner Shawn Buchanan appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 54.1%, they average 1.60 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.60

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 2 years (2011-2012)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 37
Granted Applications: 20
Non-Granted Applications: 17
Avg OA / Grant: 1.60
Last OA Observed: January 2012 (175 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2821
Work Groups Seen: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	54.1%	1.60
Art Unit	15	67.6%	1.44
Group	206	72.0%	1.64
Tech Center	2,395	63.3%	1.69
USPTO	16,347	53.5%	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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	36	19	52.8%
2012	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	37	5.4%	8.1%	81.1%	0.0%
2	11	0.0%	9.1%	72.7%	0.0%
3	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2009

14.3%

2010

2.3%

2011

0.0%

2012

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