Examiner John T. Nolan

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2022 (45 months ago).

Examiner John T. Nolan appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 61.9%, they average 2.45 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.45

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2015-2022)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 105
Granted Applications: 65
Non-Granted Applications: 40
Avg OA / Grant: 2.45
Last OA Observed: September 2022 (45 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3645 , 3646
Work Groups Seen: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	61.9%	2.45
Art Unit	28	60.6%	1.86
Group	269	56.4%	1.75
Tech Center	2,337	48.0%	2.11
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 2015; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2015	12	7	58.3%
2016	29	14	48.3%
2017	30	21	70.0%
2018	14	8	57.1%
2019	19	14	73.7%
No observed data for 2020-2021.
2022	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	133	0.8%	6.0%	91.0%	2.3%
2	97	1.0%	4.1%	91.8%	2.1%
3	58	0.0%	5.2%	91.4%	1.7%
4	19	0.0%	0.0%	94.7%	5.3%
5	3	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2019: PEG

0.0%

2015

1.1%

2016

1.1%

2017

0.0%

2018

2.9%

2019

0.0%

2021

0.0%

2022

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