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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2144: Examiners and Allowance Rates

59 examiners • 10 with pending office actions • Computing & Software (Tech Center 2100)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 3,090 dispositions): 60% allowance rate • 5.1 office actions per allowance • 838 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Sara M England100.0%80
Thanh T Nguyen100.0%30
Greg C Bengzon100.0%10
April Ying Shan Blair100.0%10
Joseph R Maniwang100.0%10
Paul M Knight100.0%10
Omar F Fernandez Rivas100.0%10
Maikhanh Nguyen98.2%22510
Mong-Shune Chung94.5%1280
Andrew T Mcintosh94.1%13524
Grace A Park93.4%12119
Daniel Samwel90.9%220
Paul H Kang90.9%110
Rami Rafat Okasha90.5%210
Yongjia Pan87.5%240
Mandrita Brahmachari83.9%9319
Howard Cortes81.4%3380
Nicholas George Klicos80.0%150
Eric Yoon80.0%50
Aleksey Olshannikov78.6%140
Phuong H Nguyen78.6%140
Asher Kells78.4%3930
Andrew Tsutomu Chiusano76.5%8527
Mario M Velez-Lopez76.3%2740
Hassan Mrabi75.5%2770
Joiya M Cloud75.0%40
Shourjo Dasgupta74.0%9622
Rinna Yi73.6%1740
James J Debrow71.4%2730
Alvin H Tan70.0%200
Amelia L Tapp69.5%2200
Ariel Mercado Vargas68.2%220
Barbara Henry Level68.0%2250
Mustafa A Amin67.9%2650
Jacqueline Christine Meyer66.7%2415
Hua Lu66.7%240
Mohamed Ibrahim66.7%30
Seung Woon Jung64.5%2280
Kyle R Stork64.2%4020
Tuan S Nguyen63.6%110
Jason T Edwards62.6%2220
Benjamin J Smith61.9%2150
Tyler J Schallhorn61.5%3913
William Wong54.3%7020
Yemane Mesfin50.0%20
Maceeh Anwari50.0%20
Sookil J Lee45.5%550
Matthew G Mcvicker37.7%530
Steve Peter Golden27.3%1320
Thomas W Richardson25.0%40
Muktesh G Gupta25.0%40
Scott T Baderman0.0%160
Tamara Teslovich Kyle0.0%30
Ninos Donabed0.0%30
Matthew Lee Lewis0.0%20
Usmaan Saeed0.0%10
Matthew Graham Chapman0.0%10
Scott B Christensen0.0%10
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2144?

60.2% over the last five years, across 3,090 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2144 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Maikhanh Nguyen (98.2%, 225 resolved), Mong-Shune Chung (94.5%, 128 resolved), Andrew T Mcintosh (94.1%, 135 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2144 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Steve Peter Golden (27.3%, 132 resolved), Matthew G Mcvicker (37.7%, 53 resolved), Sookil J Lee (45.5%, 55 resolved).

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