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Last updated: October 08, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2125: Examiners and Allowance Rates

55 examiners • 12 with pending office actions • Computing & Software (Tech Center 2100)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 1,828 dispositions): 57% allowance rate • 4.1 office actions per allowance • 1,360 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Steven R Garland100.0%110
Van C Mang100.0%40
Majd Maher Haddad100.0%423
Abdullah Al Kawsar100.0%40
Michael Joseph Guzniczak100.0%20
Phat Ngoc Le100.0%10
Jennifer N Welch100.0%10
Sheela S Rao100.0%10
Mariela D Reyes100.0%10
Manglesh M Patel100.0%10
Zoila E Cabrera100.0%10
Kenneth M Lo100.0%10
Jeremy Scott Cooper100.0%10
Michael B Holmes95.0%800
Alan S Chen90.7%51826
Paulinho E Smith89.4%1040
Brent Johnston Hoover86.0%1210
Mark A Connolly85.7%350
Benjamin J Buss83.8%800
Ryan A Jarrett83.6%670
Gwynevere Amelia Deterding83.3%615
Crystal Joy Barnes-Bullock82.6%860
Randall Kern Baldwin79.8%24814
Hal W Schnee78.8%1130
Sivalingam Sivanesan77.8%180
Ying Yu Chen77.7%1930
Brian J Hales77.4%9320
Lokesha G Patel77.3%750
Michael D Masinick77.2%1010
Emilio J Saavedra76.0%250
George Giroux75.7%1030
Derrick A Boateng75.0%40
Imad Mutee Kassim73.9%460
Steven Huynh Phung73.9%4612
Jason Lin70.8%1060
Maria N Von Buhr69.2%520
Shoun Jose Abraham69.2%390
Urmana Fairooz Islam68.4%380
Henry Trong Nguyen68.2%220
Marshall L Werner66.8%21434
Mohammad A Rahman66.7%180
Bahram Yousefi66.7%30
Kyle Allman Thompson63.6%111
Ryan C Vaughn61.3%25628
John C Park46.2%390
Simon Fischer Ellis45.5%220
Olvin Lopez Alvarez42.1%570
Miranda M Huang35.7%280
Hung H Dang35.3%170
Kurt Nicholas Pressly34.5%2923
Kamran Afshar32.3%656
Brian T Mcmenemy13.0%230
Omar F Fernandez Rivas0.0%10
Xin Tong0.0%10
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2125?

57.5% over the last five years, across 1,828 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2125 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Michael B Holmes (95.0%, 80 resolved), Alan S Chen (90.7%, 518 resolved), Paulinho E Smith (89.4%, 104 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2125 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Kamran Afshar (32.3%, 65 resolved), Olvin Lopez Alvarez (42.1%, 57 resolved), John C Park (46.2%, 39 resolved).

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