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Last updated: October 08, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 1795: Examiners and Allowance Rates

161 examiners • 14 with pending office actions • Chemistry & Materials (Tech Center 1700)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 4,395 dispositions): 55% allowance rate • 5.1 office actions per allowance • 1,259 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Ponder N Thompson Rummel100.0%40
Richard L Schilling100.0%10
Dominic E Hawkins100.0%10
Cynthia Harris Kelly100.0%10
Mark F Huff100.0%10
Benjamin L Utech100.0%10
Michael Eugene La Villa100.0%10
James A Fiorito100.0%10
Anthony Michael Haughton100.0%10
Shean Chiu Wu93.0%1860
John L Goodrow92.0%1620
Geraldina Visconti88.1%1930
Mark A Chapman87.8%1310
Laura S Weiner87.4%1740
Stephen D Rosasco84.8%1450
Christopher D Rodee84.5%1680
Alexander Stephan Noguerola83.8%95720
John S Y Chu83.5%1390
John C Ball82.0%80619
Julian Anthony81.2%1280
Kaylee Yi-Fang Tseng80.8%260
Christopher G Young79.3%1210
Amanda C Walke78.8%2640
Stephen J Kalafut78.3%2400
Thomas H Parsons78.0%1860
John S Maples77.4%1370
Kenneth J Douyette75.9%580
Bruce F Bell74.7%1980
Janis L Dote73.8%1220
Monique M Wills71.9%1960
Rachel L Zhang70.5%610
Rashid A Alam69.8%630
Arun S Phasge69.5%3050
Angela J Martin69.0%1290
Stewart A Fraser67.9%1560
Kathleen Duda67.5%800
Jane J Rhee66.7%1440
John S Ruggles66.7%600
Jennifer M Dieterle66.1%590
Xiuyu Tai65.7%63324
Mark Ruthkosky65.5%290
Brent C Thomas65.0%400
Gregg Cantelmo65.0%1570
Stefanie S Wittenberg64.8%47126
Muhammad S Siddiquee64.8%1220
Peter L Vajda64.6%1130
Louis J Rufo64.5%44240
Kishor Mayekar64.4%3430
Maris R Kessel64.4%1490
Salil Jain63.7%3330
Caitlyn Mingyun Sun63.6%32754
Raymond Alejandro63.5%1480
Shizhi Qian62.2%30750
Gurpreet Kaur62.1%2140
John A Mcpherson61.9%1180
Steven Eric Rosenwald61.7%940
Archer Davis Dudley61.4%570
Steven A Friday61.2%800
Cynthia Hamilton60.6%1320
Katherine Ann Turner60.5%860
Karie O Apicella60.4%1110
Sin J Lee60.1%1630
Alexander W Keeling59.8%42337
Jeffrey Thomas Barton59.3%860
Kaity V Chandler58.5%820
Hoa Van Le58.2%1460
Maria J Laios58.1%1050
Zachary P Best58.1%930
Edna Wong57.8%62537
Cynthia Kyung Soo Walls56.9%1020
Kaj K Olsen55.8%1540
Alexander Rene Parent55.6%10828
Heng M Chan55.6%270
Caleen O Sullivan55.0%1110
Jonathan Crepeau54.8%930
Daborah Chacko Davis54.3%1290
Magali P Slawski53.1%320
Eli S Mekhlin52.9%340
Stephan J Essex52.7%550
Tracy Mae Dove52.4%630
Oi K Conley52.1%960
Ben Lewis51.7%1200
Randall Lee Gamble Jr.51.3%3927
Carlos Barcena51.2%410
Kwang S Han51.1%920
Rodney Glenn Mcdonald50.3%1690
Joshua L Allen50.2%2130
Imran Akram50.0%900
Claire Louise Roe50.0%880
Chanceity N Robinson50.0%840
Christopher R Graham50.0%20
David Morgan Wirth50.0%20
Ula Corinna Tavares-Crockett50.0%20
Tony Sheng Hsiang Chuo49.1%1100
Andrew Robert Koltonow48.3%8716
Jonathan G Jelsma47.9%1170
Robert W Hodge47.1%870
Ashley M Kwon46.7%450
Jonathan G Leong46.4%280
Steven M Scully45.7%940
Adam A Arciero45.6%790
Matthew J Merkling44.5%1280
Anca Eoff44.4%1350
Zulmariam Mendez44.3%880
Harry D Wilkins III44.2%1470
Miriam Stagg43.5%850
Jacob B Marks43.5%460
Allison Bourke41.4%290
Edu E Enin-Okut41.2%850
Ladan Mohaddes41.2%340
Bryant P Suitte41.2%170
Amanda June Billiet41.0%390
Keith D Walker38.4%990
Golam Mowla37.5%720
Thorl Chea37.5%160
Alexander Chuang37.5%80
Martin J Angebranndt37.0%2000
Susan Dang Leong36.7%300
Nicholas A Smith36.2%1380
Jayne L Mershon35.3%510
Mofoluwaso Similoluwa Jebutu34.8%15849
Shannon M Gardner34.1%410
Brittany L Raymond34.0%970
Eugenia Wang33.8%770
Phoebe D Riner33.3%30
Kourtney Salzman Carlson32.9%700
William T Leader31.1%900
Luan V Van31.1%23818
Connie P Johnson30.8%780
Alix Echelmeyer Eggerding29.0%930
Bach T Dinh28.0%1000
Michael A Band26.4%910
Bryan D Ripa25.9%580
Stephen J Yanchuk25.0%280
Anna L Verderame24.3%1030
Jacob Buchanan23.5%170
Devina Pillay21.9%320
John Joseph Brayton21.6%740
Christina Chern21.4%280
Alexander S Tumminelli20.0%50
Thanh Truc Trinh18.3%710
Dustin Q Dam17.1%760
Patrick J Ryan16.7%60
Matthew T Martin16.3%490
Jason Berman16.2%800
Sean P Cullen14.3%210
Lindsey A Buck13.6%220
Michael A Varco7.1%140
Tamir Ayad4.8%210
Srilakshmi K Kumar0.0%60
Nam X Nguyen0.0%50
Empress A Etheridge0.0%40
Basia Anna Ridley0.0%40
Dah Wei D Yuan0.0%20
Robert J Kasten0.0%20
Sisay G Tiku0.0%10
Alexa Doroshenk Neckel0.0%10
Tyler N Bennett0.0%10
Hongqiang Hu0.0%10
Michael B Cleveland0.0%10
Juan E Vaughan II0.0%10

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 1795?

54.6% over the last five years, across 4,395 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 1795 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Shean Chiu Wu (93.0%, 186 resolved), John L Goodrow (92.0%, 162 resolved), Geraldina Visconti (88.1%, 193 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 1795 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Jason Berman (16.2%, 80 resolved), Matthew T Martin (16.3%, 49 resolved), Dustin Q Dam (17.1%, 76 resolved).

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