Examiner Dedei K. Hammond
Grant ratio: 84.6% (74th percentile in Art Unit 2844 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.33. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2025
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 38 | 71.5% | 1.65 |
| Group | 231 | 68.9% | 1.60 |
| Tech Center | 2,413 | 62.4% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 496 | 74.6% |
| 2 OAs | 136 | 20.5% |
| 3 OAs | 23 | 3.5% |
| 4 OAs | 7 | 1.1% |
| 5+ OAs | 3 | 0.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 26 | 72.2% |
| 2012 | 40 | 26 | 65.0% |
| 2013 | 62 | 50 | 80.6% |
| 2014 | 59 | 43 | 72.9% |
| 2015 | 62 | 52 | 83.9% |
| 2016 | 58 | 52 | 89.7% |
| 2017 | 59 | 50 | 84.7% |
| 2018 | 67 | 62 | 92.5% |
| 2019 | 59 | 56 | 94.9% |
| 2020 | 47 | 41 | 87.2% |
| 2021 | 35 | 32 | 91.4% |
| 2022 | 46 | 41 | 89.1% |
| 2023 | 28 | 26 | 92.9% |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 100.0% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 665 | 1.2% | 10.4% | 69.3% | 11.1% |
| Action 2 | 169 | 0.0% | 10.1% | 71.6% | 5.3% |
| Action 3 | 33 | 0.0% | 6.1% | 81.8% | 3.0% |
| Action 4 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 66.7% |
| Action 6 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| Action 7 | 2 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% |
Section 101 rejections
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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
5.1%
1.1%
2019: PEG
1.3%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
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.