Examiner Kendra L Hebel

Grant ratio: 94.3% (21st percentile in Art Unit 2933 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.20. Most common rejection type: §112.

Potentially inactive Last office action in data: March 2026
Grant ratio 94.3%
Average office actions / grant 1.20
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
97984
Primary art unit
2933
Work group
2900-WG
Technology center
2900
Applications
105
Granted applications
99

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 13 96.2% 1.18
Group 461 94.9% 1.19
Tech Center 486 94.6% 1.20
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.22 128 office actions across 105 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 105 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 83 79.0%
2 OAs 21 20.0%
3 OAs 1 1.0%
4 OAs 0 0.0%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 97.1% 2023 2024: 100.0% 2024 2025: 70.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2023353497.1%
20245858100.0%
202510770.0%
2026200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 105 0.0% 8.6% 3.8% 85.7%
Action 2 22 0.0% 4.5% 4.5% 90.9%
Action 3 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 113 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 128 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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