Examiner Troy Dalrymple

Grant ratio: 54.3% (25th percentile in Art Unit 2693 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.36. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: February 2014
Grant ratio 54.3%
Average office actions / grant 2.36
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
87171
Primary art unit
2693
Work group
2690
Technology center
2600
Applications
81
Granted applications
44

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 15 64.8% 2.05
Group 96 51.2% 2.11
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.22 180 office actions across 81 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 81 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 31 38.3%
2 OAs 24 29.6%
3 OAs 12 14.8%
4 OAs 9 11.1%
5+ OAs 5 6.2%

Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2010: 40.0% 2010 2011: 63.6% 2011 2012: 54.8% 2012 2013: 45.0% 2013 2014: 66.7% 2014

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20105240.0%
2011221463.6%
2012311754.8%
201320945.0%
20143266.7%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 81 0.0% 7.4% 91.4% 1.2%
Action 2 50 0.0% 2.0% 98.0% 0.0%
Action 3 26 0.0% 3.8% 96.2% 0.0%
Action 4 14 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 180 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.

Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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