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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2611: Examiners and Allowance Rates

127 examiners • 25 with pending office actions • Communications (Tech Center 2600)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 4,753 dispositions): 70% allowance rate • 2.8 office actions per allowance • 990 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Tammy Goddard100.0%146
Devona E Faulk100.0%20
Cheng Yuan Tseng100.0%10
Stephen T Reed100.0%10
Jeffery A Brier100.0%10
Sardis F Azongha100.0%10
Boubacar Abdou Tchoussou100.0%10
James A Thompson100.0%10
Alan S Miller100.0%10
Wei Yuan100.0%10
Yingchun He100.0%10
Thomas J Lett98.1%10715
Kyle Zhai92.9%9820
Edward Martello92.4%660
Hau H Nguyen92.3%67410
Ted M Wang91.5%2120
Joni Hsu91.3%69117
Yuehan Wang91.0%1450
Alicia Ha90.0%107
Tesfaldet Bocure89.8%1660
Khai Tran89.4%3120
Lawrence B Williams89.1%1840
Nurun N Flora88.9%90
Ryan M Gray88.2%68015
Phuong M Phu88.1%2360
Nicholas R Wilson87.9%5649
Phu K Nguyen87.9%580
Haixia Du87.1%45716
Don Nguyen Vo87.0%2230
Charles Lloyd Beard86.8%5329
Kevin Kim86.7%2560
Sam K Ahn86.5%3110
Dac V Ha86.3%1830
Anh Tuan V Nguyen85.7%1050
Jean B Corrielus85.7%2580
Biao Chen85.4%4118
Emmanuel Bayard84.5%2830
Vineeta S Panwalkar84.2%1330
Sing-Wai Wu84.2%5490
Young Toi Tse83.7%2510
Khanh C Tran83.5%3390
Frank S Chen83.5%67117
Xiaoming Wei82.4%5120
Khoa Vu82.3%20317
Thang Gia Huynh82.2%4511
Leon Flores81.9%3210
Curtis B Odom81.9%2490
Rahel Guarino81.6%1740
Juan A Torres81.6%2990
Erin File Heard81.2%1760
Hirdepal Singh80.9%1990
Eva Yi Zheng Puente80.5%1740
Temesghen Ghebretinsae80.1%1410
Brian J Stevens80.1%2010
David B Lugo78.9%1750
Michelle L Sams78.8%3407
Siu M Lee78.6%2010
Yanna Wu77.4%3500
Jason M Perilla76.2%630
Daniel F Hajnik75.0%40
Patrick F Valdez74.9%2030
Santiago Garcia74.8%1230
Leon Viet Q Nguyen74.8%2300
Betsy Lee Deppe74.8%1030
Yi Wang74.3%4280
Nauman Uddin Ahmad73.1%5224
Helene E Tayong73.0%1850
Sophia Vlahos72.8%1620
Grace Q Li72.6%2850
Jaison Joseph72.4%1450
Dhaval V Patel71.0%2550
Sarah Hassan71.0%1240
Joseph Francis A Dsouza70.9%2130
Ryan D Mcculley70.7%48821
Kenneth T Lam69.9%1830
Tanmay K Shah69.9%1430
Kabir A Timory69.7%3140
James M Perez69.0%710
Sudhanshu C Pathak68.4%1140
Xin Sheng68.1%3420
Qutbuddin Ghulamali67.8%1800
Linda Wong67.8%1210
Nader Bolourchi67.7%1300
Zewdu A Kassa67.3%1560
John Patrick Goco66.7%319
David S Huang65.8%1460
Weiming He65.5%5522
Kevin Michael Burd65.3%1760
Syed Haider65.0%1230
Zhengxi Liu64.4%31227
Michael R Neff63.9%1580
Wednel Cadeau63.3%300
Janice N Tieu63.2%190
Whitney A Pointe61.5%130
Robert N. Bader60.9%4622
Freshteh N Aghdam60.8%1480
Ross E Varndell60.0%200
Leila Malek59.6%1460
Carlos Perromat59.5%1260
Michelle Chin59.4%320
Fitwi Y Hailegiorgis58.8%170
Lihong Yu57.6%1320
Eboni N Giles57.3%1170
Aristocratis Fotakis57.1%1750
Sung S Ahn56.2%890
Gina M Mckie53.5%1140
Shawkat M Ali50.0%100
George Eng50.0%60
Said A Broome50.0%20
Jeffrey Alan Parker50.0%20
Caiden Alexander Ussery50.0%214
Roberta D Prendergast38.9%180
Aidan William Mccoy33.3%617
Benjamin Tom Statz25.0%812
Kee M Tung9.2%1630
Shuwang Liu0.0%100
Chieh M Fan0.0%70
Mohammad H Ghayour0.0%20
Bahman Badipour0.0%20
Jason Chung0.0%10
Robin J Mishler0.0%10
David C Payne0.0%10
Chante E Harrison0.0%10
Endale Woldgyorgis0.0%10
Rutao Wu0.0%10
David Louis Ometz0.0%10
Matthew C Bella0.0%10

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2611?

70.5% over the last five years, across 4,753 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2611 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Thomas J Lett (98.1%, 107 resolved), Kyle Zhai (92.9%, 98 resolved), Edward Martello (92.4%, 66 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2611 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Kee M Tung (9.2%, 163 resolved), Gina M Mckie (53.5%, 114 resolved), Sung S Ahn (56.2%, 89 resolved).

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