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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2472: Examiners and Allowance Rates

54 examiners • 17 with pending office actions • Networking & Security (Tech Center 2400)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 3,761 dispositions): 78% allowance rate • 2.6 office actions per allowance • 893 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Sanjay K Dewan100.0%570
Meng Vang100.0%100
Khaled M Kassim100.0%90
Brian J Gillis100.0%87
Ahmed Kassem Jaber100.0%30
Ryan Alexander Crigler100.0%224
Christopher Anthony Reyes100.0%20
Sujoy K Kundu100.0%10
Kodzovi Acolatse100.0%10
Jeffrey M Rutkowski100.0%10
Omar J Ghowrwal100.0%10
Syed Ali100.0%10
Chandrahas B Patel100.0%10
Peter G Solinsky100.0%10
Noah James Sugden100.0%10
Melvin C Marcelo100.0%10
Afsar M Qureshi93.3%3600
Poonam Sharma92.0%2518
Abdelnabi O Musa91.5%86817
Min Jung91.5%6670
Brian D Nguyen91.3%9190
Kevin T Bates90.9%229
Chi Ho A Lee90.4%9990
Anh Vu H Ly89.1%1,02326
Gustavo E Lopez-Vargas88.5%520
Jaeyoung Kwak88.5%2627
Emmanuel K Maglo88.0%1170
Ayodele Lawrence Olubodun87.9%3323
Toan D Nguyen86.1%3660
Tejis A Daya85.6%59628
Deepa Belur83.9%60317
Nicholas A Jensen83.3%65
Roberta A Shand82.9%3160
Hashim S Bhatti82.7%3180
Abdullahi Ahmed82.3%4070
Mahbubul Bar Chowdhury82.3%2600
Hector E Reyes Ortiz81.8%30819
Raj K Jain77.8%1530
Chhian Ling77.8%90
Andrew W Chriss77.7%15747
Ashil S Farahmand77.6%1560
Charles C Jiang75.1%1890
Oladiran Gideon Olaleye75.0%12855
Siming Liu74.4%820
Yonghong Zhao69.0%2922
Phyllis A Book66.7%390
Ahmed Saifuddin66.7%30
Kyle C Kasparek65.0%200
William George Trost IV33.3%60
Hassan Kizou9.1%220
Mewale A Ambaye0.0%20
Amy Cohen Johnson0.0%10
Dennis Albert Westbrooks II—04
Steven Duong Nguyen—02

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2472?

78.1% over the last five years, across 3,761 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2472 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Sanjay K Dewan (100.0%, 57 resolved), Afsar M Qureshi (93.3%, 360 resolved), Abdelnabi O Musa (91.5%, 868 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2472 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Phyllis A Book (66.7%, 39 resolved), Siming Liu (74.4%, 82 resolved), Oladiran Gideon Olaleye (75.0%, 128 resolved).

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