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Last updated: October 08, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 1798: Examiners and Allowance Rates

70 examiners • 16 with pending office actions • Chemistry & Materials (Tech Center 1700)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 5,003 dispositions): 52% allowance rate • 5.1 office actions per allowance • 1,188 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
David C Mellon100.0%30
Yewebdar T Tadesse100.0%20
Benjamin L Utech100.0%20
Stephen A Kitt100.0%20
Samuel P Siefke100.0%10
Jonathan M Hurst100.0%10
Lore Ramillano Jarrett100.0%10
Michael L Hobbs100.0%10
Jethro M Pence100.0%10
Arlen Soderquist100.0%10
Laura B Figg100.0%10
Jennifer M Dieterle100.0%10
Jonathan Bortoli100.0%10
Katelyn Whatley Smith100.0%10
Michael P Rodriguez100.0%10
Tracy Ching-Tian Colena100.0%10
Eric Yaary100.0%10
Melvin C Mayes100.0%10
Charles Capozzi95.9%971
Newton O Edwards89.2%370
Brittany I Fisher85.6%2910
Jyoti Nagpaul Mutreja85.4%57017
Timothy G Kingan83.3%300
Alea Natasha Martin81.8%110
Alex Ramirez81.6%14122
Henry H Nguyen80.0%950
Monzer R Chorbaji78.5%7770
John Schuyler Mcguirk77.4%22632
Patricia Kathryn Wright74.9%59842
Shogo Sasaki74.6%3230
Michael P Shimek73.3%300
Dennis Michael White71.9%3240
Jan M Ludlow71.9%890
Natalia A Levkovich71.5%4780
Brian R Gordon69.6%63139
Michael Stanley Gzybowski67.6%17057
Dwayne K Handy67.2%44524
Benjamin R Whatley66.8%38936
Peter Valentin Diaz66.7%90
Sally Anne Merkling66.4%2200
Jacqueline Brazin65.7%53332
Joye L Woodard65.7%990
Matthew D Krcha65.3%3460
Julie L Tavares64.5%1380
Dean P Kwak62.1%46455
Curtis A Thompson60.8%19935
Quocan B Vo58.4%770
Velvet Elizabeth Heron52.4%2130
Neil N Turk52.3%49730
Jill Alice Warden44.1%1450
Sophia Yuan Lyle42.9%70
Jenna Leigh Johnson42.6%610
Jennifer A Steele41.6%890
Altrev C Sykes41.2%170
Austin Q Le41.2%170
Cheryl Ann Juska36.0%1110
Tingchen Shi33.3%60
Jeremy R Pierce33.3%30
Jill M Gray32.9%730
Ruiyun Zhang32.4%340
Sow Fun Hon32.1%780
Benjamin Joseph Kass31.8%4451
Andrew T Piziali30.1%830
Elizabeth Mary Cole Imani21.7%1200
Anthony J Frost7.4%270
Angela Y Ortiz0.0%140
Michael B Nelson0.0%40
Srilakshmi K Kumar0.0%30
Alexander R Pagano0.0%10
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 1798?

51.9% over the last five years, across 5,003 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 1798 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Charles Capozzi (95.9%, 97 resolved), Newton O Edwards (89.2%, 37 resolved), Brittany I Fisher (85.6%, 291 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 1798 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Elizabeth Mary Cole Imani (21.7%, 120 resolved), Andrew T Piziali (30.1%, 83 resolved), Benjamin Joseph Kass (31.8%, 44 resolved).

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