Examiner Nathan M Johnston

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2025 (11 months ago).

Examiner Nathan M Johnston appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.8%, they average 1.21 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.21

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 12 years (2014-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 916
Granted Applications: 896
Non-Granted Applications: 20
Avg OA / Grant: 1.21
Last OA Observed: April 2025 (11 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2919
Work Groups Seen: 2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.8%	1.21
Art Unit	24	94.1%	1.25
Group	24	94.1%	1.25
Tech Center	486	94.9%	1.20
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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	21	21	100.0%
2015	85	85	100.0%
2016	125	122	97.6%
2017	103	99	96.1%
2018	122	120	98.4%
2019	78	78	100.0%
2020	93	93	100.0%
2021	75	75	100.0%
2022	61	60	98.4%
2023	82	74	90.2%
2024	63	61	96.8%
2025	8	8	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	909	0.0%	3.9%	0.9%	92.3%
2	181	0.0%	1.1%	1.1%	95.0%
3	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%