Examiner Sammantha K Salaz
Grant ratio: 22.4% (10th percentile in Art Unit 2892 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.46. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 100255
- Primary art unit
- 2892
- Work group
- 2890
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 58
- Granted applications
- 13
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-2484
- Supervisor
- N. Drew Richards
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-1736
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 31 | 52.9% | 2.18 |
| Group | 288 | 53.7% | 1.76 |
| 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 | 1 | 1.7% |
| 1 OA | 21 | 36.2% |
| 2 OAs | 25 | 43.1% |
| 3 OAs | 5 | 8.6% |
| 4 OAs | 4 | 6.9% |
| 5+ OAs | 2 | 3.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 13 | 65.0% |
| 2026 | 38 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 57 | 0.0% | 7.0% | 84.2% | 3.5% |
| Action 2 | 36 | 0.0% | 5.6% | 86.1% | 8.3% |
| Action 3 | 11 | 0.0% | 9.1% | 90.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 6 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
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.