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Last updated: October 08, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 1600: Examiners and Allowance Rates

211 examiners • 1 with pending office actions • Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (Tech Center 1600)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 372 dispositions): 38% allowance rate
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Steven J Fulk100.0%190
Paulson Idowu Obiniyi100.0%180
Liam J Mcdowell100.0%170
David D Le100.0%160
Megan K Majcher Hartnett100.0%150
Nirav G Patel100.0%140
Mark R Wendell100.0%140
Fikremariam A Yalew100.0%130
Manpreet S Matharu100.0%130
Mary C Hoffman100.0%120
Christopher M Jetton100.0%120
Courtney L Stopp100.0%120
Justin T Darrow100.0%100
Shih-Wei Kraft100.0%100
Lora E Barnhart Driscoll100.0%90
Kate H Luo100.0%90
Suzanne Lo100.0%90
Douglas J Theisen100.0%90
Cathy Fong Fong Lam100.0%90
Louanne C Krawczewicz Myers100.0%90
Valentin Craciun100.0%90
Summer Leigh Kostelnik100.0%80
Allison Walthall Johnson100.0%80
Doris Clark-Ackun100.0%80
Gustavo E Lopez-Vargas100.0%80
Lee A Visone100.0%80
Joshua A Lohn100.0%80
Louis V Falasco100.0%80
Ann Thi Hoang100.0%80
Jesus J Hernandez100.0%80
Opiribo Georgewill100.0%70
Kristofer M Biskeborn100.0%70
Zachariah Lucas100.0%70
Daniel P Donegan100.0%70
Mary C Jacob100.0%70
Matthew J Smith100.0%70
Nicholas K Wiltey100.0%70
Zachary P Best100.0%70
Matthew J Sked100.0%60
De'Maris R Brown100.0%60
Carolyn M Kosowski100.0%60
Nicholas F Polito100.0%60
Weiwei Ye Stiltner100.0%60
Lorraine Spector100.0%60
Bach V Hoang100.0%60
Aaron N Strange100.0%60
Ryan M Stiglic100.0%60
Michael G Hartley100.0%50
James W Cranson Jr.100.0%50
Kirsten Jolley100.0%50
Colleen M Raphael100.0%50
Jill M Gray100.0%50
Katherine Marie Zalasky Mcdonald100.0%50
Kevin Grant Barry III100.0%50
David S Cammack100.0%50
Brittney M Carroll100.0%50
Tracy Ann Vivlemore100.0%50
Roy C Elkins100.0%50
Brandon J Warner100.0%50
Vanitha M Elgart100.0%50
Blake A Tankersley100.0%50
Matthew D Matzek100.0%50
Scarlett Y Goon100.0%50
Newton O Edwards100.0%50
George D Spisich100.0%50
Susan R Dye100.0%50
Latanya Bibbins100.0%40
Kathleen Michele Mosser100.0%40
Nelson C Yang100.0%40
Daniel C Murray100.0%40
Oren Isaac Ginsberg100.0%40
David N Brown II100.0%40
John S Ruggles100.0%40
Kari Kristin Rodriquez100.0%40
Jesse A Elbin100.0%40
Bin Xue100.0%40
Curtis A Alia100.0%30
Robert B Mondesi100.0%30
Nam Thanh Nguyen100.0%30
Corey M Bailey100.0%30
Stefan M Oehrlein100.0%30
Elizabeth A Quast100.0%30
Ronald David Colque100.0%30
Sumesh Kaushal100.0%30
Nicholas A Jensen100.0%30
Michael A Newman100.0%30
Zhengxi Liu100.0%30
Marilou U Lacap100.0%30
Michael J Burrage100.0%30
Nadia Khoshnoodi100.0%30
Taina Del Mar Matos Negron100.0%30
Layla G Lauchman100.0%30
Pramila Parthasarathy100.0%30
Brian A Whiteman100.0%20
Anteneh B Girma100.0%20
Virginia T Ho100.0%20
Stephanie C Whelpley100.0%20
Kristen Clarette Matter100.0%20
Richard L Ellis100.0%20
Andrea S Grossman100.0%20
Brent S Stace100.0%20
Douglas S Lee100.0%20
Robin Ching Pong Mak100.0%20
Pradeep Choudary Battula100.0%20
Tara Ho100.0%20
Robert M Timblin100.0%20
Sharmila Gollamudi Landau100.0%20
Masudur Rahman100.0%20
Pamela Hl Weiss100.0%20
Jason T Whipkey100.0%20
Amee A Shah100.0%20
Phillip R Auger100.0%20
Andriae M Holt100.0%10
Amy C Bonaparte100.0%10
Juliya Kravets100.0%10
Hung H Dang100.0%10
Ali Reza Salimi100.0%10
Patricia A Leith100.0%10
Maria Gomez Leavitt100.0%10
Anoop Kumar Singh100.0%10
Thaian N Ton100.0%10
Allison M Fox100.0%10
John Lequang100.0%10
Stephanie Lauren Sullivan100.0%10
Arya Ahmadi Bazargani100.0%10
Amjad A Abraham100.0%10
Carlos Perromat100.0%10
Robert B Breneman100.0%10
Daniel J Wu100.0%10
Ernst V Arnold100.0%10
Catherine Anne Konopka100.0%10
Anish Gupta100.0%10
Katriel Barcellano Kasayan100.0%10
Jieun Ham100.0%10
David Schmerfeld100.0%10
Jason C Olson100.0%10
Eric M Weedon100.0%10
Regina Neal Holder100.0%10
Yate Kai Rene Cutliff100.0%10
Andrew L Nalven100.0%10
Jackson J Hernandez100.0%10
Savitha M Rao100.0%10
Danyal Hassan Alam100.0%10
Sarah Abdoalatif Alsomairy100.0%10
David W Scheuermann100.0%10
Kara D Johnson100.0%10
Bratislav Stankovic100.0%10
Salman Ahmed100.0%10
Traci Casler100.0%10
Herbert L Hagemeier100.0%10
Kathleen Leigh Jones100.0%10
Toriana Nichole Vigil100.0%10
Jesse P Frumkin100.0%10
Dimple D Sopariwala100.0%10
Reza Hosseini100.0%10
Michael P Cohen100.0%10
Svetlana M Ivanova100.0%10
Cassandra Senn Grizer100.0%10
Jason Scott Proctor100.0%10
Monique T Cole95.2%210
William Corboy95.0%200
Bena B Miller91.7%120
Patricia C Mallari91.7%120
Anna R Falkowitz91.2%688
Justin Mitchell Krause90.0%100
Soren T Harward89.2%370
Christian A Hannon88.9%90
Sarah Al Hashimi88.9%90
Robert A Wax85.7%70
John Mabry85.7%70
Jieying Tang66.7%30
Allen J Jung66.7%30
Anna Pagonakis52.9%170
John Kirkpatrick50.0%100
Christine E Foster50.0%20
Julie Zhen Qin Wu50.0%20
Meng Yao Zhe50.0%20
Bradley B Bayat50.0%20
Gary Benzion50.0%20
Heather Calamita50.0%20
Jennifer Kolb Michener41.3%630
Fred Guillermety33.3%60
Nirav B Patel33.3%30
Christopher M Babic25.0%40
Bao Thuy L Nguyen18.2%110
Anne Gussow7.7%130
Daniel M Sullivan0.0%1030
Andrew D Kosar0.0%170
Gregory S Emch0.0%60
Chong G Kim0.0%30
Thomas J Visone0.0%20
Ashlee Elizabeth Wertz0.0%20
Michael D Allen0.0%20
Shanon A Foley0.0%20
Melissa L Fisher0.0%10
Jacob F Betit0.0%10
Brian M Gulledge0.0%10
Kortney L Klinkel0.0%10
James Schultz0.0%10
Evelyn Y Pyla0.0%10
Ali Soroush0.0%10
Dasia Ali Aldarondo0.0%10
Nianxiang Zou0.0%10
Jeffrey S Lundgren0.0%10
Daniel S Hunter0.0%10
James Henry Alstrum Acevedo0.0%10
Bennett M Celsa0.0%10
Sean E Aeder0.0%10
David J Blanchard0.0%10
Brenda Libby Coleman0.0%10
Richard Grant Peckham0.0%10

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 1600?

37.9% over the last five years, across 372 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 1600 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Anna R Falkowitz (91.2%, 68 resolved), Soren T Harward (89.2%, 37 resolved), Jennifer Kolb Michener (41.3%, 63 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 1600 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Daniel M Sullivan (0.0%, 103 resolved), Jennifer Kolb Michener (41.3%, 63 resolved), Soren T Harward (89.2%, 37 resolved).

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