Examiner Daniel Craig

Grant ratio: 13.9% (2nd percentile in Art Unit 3676 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.09. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 13.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.09
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
100144
Primary art unit
3676
Work group
3670
Technology center
3600
Applications
79
Granted applications
11
Examiner phone
(571) 270-0747
Supervisor
Tara Schimpf
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-7741

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 27 63.7% 1.88
Group 240 57.7% 1.84
Tech Center 2,394 45.5% 2.12
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.71 135 office actions across 79 applications
Applications with office actions 98.7% 78 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 1.3%
1 OA 46 58.2%
2 OAs 16 20.3%
3 OAs 9 11.4%
4 OAs 5 6.3%
5+ OAs 2 2.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 100.0% 2024 2025: 40.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202422100.0%
202522940.9%
20265500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 78 1.3% 5.1% 79.5% 11.5%
Action 2 32 6.3% 3.1% 78.1% 3.1%
Action 3 16 6.3% 0.0% 81.3% 6.3%
Action 4 7 0.0% 0.0% 85.7% 14.3%
Action 5 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 3.0% 4 of 135 office actions
All years 3.0% 4 of 135 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
3.6%
2.7%

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. 30, 2026.

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