Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Nathan Sadler, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SADLER, NATHAN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2139 2189

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Analysis

SADLER, NATHAN is assigned to tech center 2100 and art unit 2139. The record covers 683 resolved cases, with a 70.9% allowance rate and a 26.4% interview lift. The median time to allowance is 1066 days. These figures support planning for a meaningful prosecution cycle while recognizing that examiner interviews can affect case progress.

Micron Technology Inc., Amd, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. are the leading companies. Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI, Greenberg Traurig, LLP - AMD, Inc., and IP & T GROUP LLP are the leading firms. A balanced approach, combining detailed written responses with targeted interviews, fits the measured profile.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

70.9%
Allow Rate
+15.9% vs TC avg
717
Total Applications
+26.4%
Interview Lift
1066
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 683 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.8%
§102 Novelty
50.4%
§103 Obviousness
19.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18477628 METHOD AND APPRATUS FOR BATCHING PAGES FOR A DATA MOVEMENT ACCELERATOR Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18478621 Coherency Domain Cacheline State Tracking Non-Final OA Altera Corporation
19211725 COPY COMMAND AND SNAPSHOT COMMAND ASSOCIATED WITH TAGGED CAPACITY FOR A COMPUTE EXPRESS LINK (CXL) MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
19187790 APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO REFRESH MEMORY INCLUDING MEMORY BANKS Non-Final OA MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
19025878 COMMAND SCHEDULING FOR A MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18768815 REDUCING TIME TO PROGRAM DURING ASYNCHRONOUS POWER LOSS HANDLING FOR A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18605237 EXECUTION OF A PROGRAM BIAS DISTURB MITIGATION OPERATION ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAMMING OF MULTIPLE SUB-BLOCKS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18966252 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE BANK PRESSURE USING AGGRESSIVE WRITE MERGING Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
19073656 POWER/AREA EFFICIENT ACCELERATION OF PROCESSOR-BASED ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATION Final Rejection Infineon Technologies AG
18752798 STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
19228714 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSING, DECOMPRESSING, AND PROCESSING DATA FOR USE BY MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18207314 Local Triggering of Processing-in-Memory Operations Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Nathan Sadler's allowance rate?

70.9% of resolved applications examined by Nathan Sadler were allowed (683 resolved cases), compared with 76.6% across Art Unit 2139 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Nathan Sadler?

This examiner's interview lift is +26.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Nathan Sadler take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Nathan Sadler took 1,066 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Nathan Sadler work in?

Nathan Sadler examines applications in Art Unit 2139 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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