Examiner Samantha N Wood
Grant ratio: 90.5% (16th percentile in Art Unit 2915 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.32. Most common rejection type: §112.
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Last office action in data: June 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 93201
- Primary art unit
- 2915
- Work group
- 2900-WG
- Technology center
- 2900
- Applications
- 622
- Granted applications
- 563
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-6457
- Supervisor
- Shannon Morgan
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-7979
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 29 | 95.0% | 1.24 |
| Group | 461 | 94.9% | 1.19 |
| Tech Center | 486 | 94.6% | 1.20 |
| 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 | 443 | 71.2% |
| 2 OAs | 159 | 25.6% |
| 3 OAs | 18 | 2.9% |
| 4 OAs | 2 | 0.3% |
| 5+ OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 10 | 9 | 90.0% |
| 2017 | 64 | 64 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 72 | 70 | 97.2% |
| 2019 | 105 | 88 | 83.8% |
| 2020 | 98 | 80 | 81.6% |
| 2021 | 85 | 83 | 97.6% |
| 2022 | 56 | 54 | 96.4% |
| 2023 | 59 | 58 | 98.3% |
| 2024 | 48 | 46 | 95.8% |
| 2025 | 16 | 11 | 68.8% |
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 622 | 0.0% | 3.4% | 1.0% | 92.4% |
| Action 2 | 179 | 0.0% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 91.1% |
| Action 3 | 20 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 90.0% |
| Action 4 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 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%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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.