Examiner Nils A Potter

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2021 (57 months ago).

Examiner Nils A Potter appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 68.9%, they average 2.61 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 2.61

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 2 years (2020-2021)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3790 - Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 45
Granted Applications: 31
Non-Granted Applications: 14
Avg OA / Grant: 2.61
Last OA Observed: August 2021 (57 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3794
Work Groups Seen: 3790 - Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	68.9%	2.61
Art Unit	48	41.0%	2.24
Group	327	40.3%	2.25
Tech Center	2,632	49.9%	2.01
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 2020; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2020	15	4	26.7%
2021	30	27	90.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	48	0.0%	0.0%	89.6%	0.0%
2	32	0.0%	3.1%	78.1%	3.1%
3	18	0.0%	5.6%	83.3%	5.6%
4	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%