Examiner Lance T Bartol
Grant ratio: 19.4% (18th percentile in Art Unit 2843 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.50. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 99787
- Primary art unit
- 2843
- Work group
- 2840
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 93
- Granted applications
- 18
- Examiner phone
- (703) 756-1267
- Supervisor
- Andrea Lindgren Baltzell
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-5918
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 23 | 52.9% | 1.37 |
| Group | 232 | 67.9% | 1.60 |
| Tech Center | 2,428 | 61.6% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,572 | 52.1% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 38 | 40.9% |
| 2 OAs | 29 | 31.2% |
| 3 OAs | 13 | 14.0% |
| 4 OAs | 9 | 9.7% |
| 5+ OAs | 4 | 4.3% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| 2025 | 39 | 17 | 43.6% |
| 2026 | 52 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 93 | 0.0% | 3.2% | 90.3% | 11.8% |
| Action 2 | 55 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 89.1% | 3.6% |
| Action 3 | 26 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 88.5% | 7.7% |
| Action 4 | 13 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 92.3% | 7.7% |
| Action 5 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
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 Oct. 9, 2026.