Examiner Tracy Hampton

Grant ratio: 26.5% (16th percentile in Art Unit 2825 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.61. Most common rejection type: §103.

Potentially inactive Last office action in data: June 2026
Grant ratio 26.5%
Average office actions / grant 1.61
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98736
Primary art unit
2825
Work group
2820
Technology center
2800
Applications
68
Granted applications
18

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 21 60.8% 1.48
Group 207 71.2% 1.64
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.01 137 office actions across 68 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 68 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 22 32.4%
2 OAs 26 38.2%
3 OAs 18 26.5%
4 OAs 1 1.5%
5+ OAs 1 1.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 83.3% 2024 2025: 7.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2024181583.3%
20254037.5%
20261000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 68 0.0% 29.4% 69.1% 1.5%
Action 2 46 0.0% 23.9% 73.9% 0.0%
Action 3 20 0.0% 10.0% 90.0% 0.0%
Action 4 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 137 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 137 office actions
Change 0.0 pts 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%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
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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