Examiner Nathaniel D Buckner

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2024 (15 months ago).

Examiner Nathaniel D Buckner appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 89.3%, they average 1.29 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.29

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2014-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 428
Granted Applications: 382
Non-Granted Applications: 46
Avg OA / Grant: 1.29
Last OA Observed: December 2024 (15 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2921
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	89.3%	1.29
Art Unit	23	95.7%	1.25
Group	461	95.1%	1.19
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	3	2	66.7%
2015	38	37	97.4%
2016	30	21	70.0%
2017	31	30	96.8%
2018	42	42	100.0%
2019	64	45	70.3%
2020	92	81	88.0%
2021	26	24	92.3%
2022	55	55	100.0%
2023	28	28	100.0%
2024	19	17	89.5%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	429	0.0%	3.3%	0.5%	93.5%
2	113	0.0%	0.9%	4.4%	92.0%
3	10	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	60.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%