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Last updated: October 08, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2612: Examiners and Allowance Rates

124 examiners • 13 with pending office actions • Communications (Tech Center 2600)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 3,872 dispositions): 70% allowance rate • 2.8 office actions per allowance • 758 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Laura N Nguyen100.0%20
Devona E Faulk100.0%10
Adnan S Shams100.0%10
Sharmin Akhter100.0%10
Xilin Guo100.0%10
Jacinta M Crawford94.8%1340
Jordan Wan Yick94.4%367
Wesner Sajous92.8%84522
Jitesh Patel91.2%17022
Jr, Maurice L Mcdowell90.1%71017
Jwalant B Amin89.4%24616
Antonio A Caschera88.4%80913
Daniel F Hajnik86.3%1900
Said A Broome85.0%4011
Jin Ge84.8%1380
Jeffery A Hofsass84.7%590
Phung Nguyen82.5%3150
Jeffrey J Chow82.2%2420
Gordon G Liu80.3%5930
Sheree N Brown80.0%12528
Donna J Ricks79.5%3520
Timothy Edwards Jr.79.4%1360
Toan Ngoc Pham79.4%2910
Daryl C Pope79.4%3540
Andrew Shin79.3%32815
Daniel Previl79.1%3630
Tai T Nguyen78.1%2510
Anh V La77.8%2840
John Alexander Tweel Jr.77.5%3420
Hung T Nguyen76.6%2050
Van Thanh Trieu76.1%670
Davetta Woods Goins75.9%1580
Kim Thanh Thi Tran75.6%2340
Travis R Hunnings74.7%2920
Saptarshi Mazumder73.5%27524
Kimbinh T Nguyen72.8%3420
Kyle Zhai72.3%3650
Frederick R Ott72.3%830
Thomas J Mullen71.8%2910
Donnie L Crosland70.4%2740
Sae Won Yoon69.8%530
Robert J Craddock69.7%330
Denis Vasiliy Minko69.7%3311
Julie Bichngoc Lieu68.2%2110
Eric Blount68.2%2330
Hung Q Dang67.8%870
Mark S Rushing67.4%1290
Raffi Isanians67.3%1100
Brent Swarthout67.2%3410
Jed-Justin Imperial67.1%2280
Albert Kang Wong64.9%1340
Peter Cyrus Mehravari63.2%760
Aaron M Richer62.5%800
Renee Dorsey62.2%370
Jennifer Mehmood61.8%1570
Samuel J Walk61.0%410
Michael T Shannon60.7%560
Lam P Pham59.8%820
Kerri L Mcnally59.5%2620
Omeed Alizada59.4%320
Edny Labbees59.0%2340
Vernal U Brown58.5%2890
Nam V Nguyen58.1%1790
Emily C Terrell57.1%350
Sisay Yacob56.4%1950
George A Bugg56.4%550
Ojiako K Nwugo56.1%1570
Sigmund N Tang54.4%900
Fekadeselass Girma53.9%1410
Hongmin Fan53.8%1840
Mancil H Littlejohn Jr.53.3%150
Anne Viet Nga Lai53.1%1450
Shirley Lu51.4%1400
Hoi Ching Lau51.0%2470
Son M Tang50.8%1260
Andrew W. Bee50.7%1380
Rufus C Point50.0%980
Ke Xiao50.0%20
Paulson Idowu Obiniyi48.9%450
Kaleria Knox48.0%500
Edwin C Holloway III47.9%1690
Weiming He46.6%3070
Quang Pham46.3%950
Bradley E Thompson43.9%660
Pameshanand Mahase42.4%990
Jack K Wang42.1%1900
Ryan W Sherwin40.2%970
Nicole Kathleen Gillespie40.0%150
Sara B Samson39.2%740
Anthony D Afrifa-Kyei38.5%130
Kam Wan Ma37.9%290
Cal J Eustaquio35.7%1150
Jerold B Murphy35.3%510
Naomi J Small34.7%950
Mohamed Barakat33.3%390
Curtis J King32.5%1170
Nay L Tun32.3%990
Nabil H Syed32.1%1930
Amine Benlagsir31.5%540
Stephen R Burgdorf31.0%290
John F Mortell30.8%1330
John J Bamert30.8%260
Brian P Wilson30.2%1260
Omer S Khan29.7%1110
Franklin D Balseca29.4%340
Charles G Curtis III28.6%70
Yong Hang Jiang28.4%1020
David J Moseley25.0%40
An T Nguyen24.2%620
Mirza F Alam21.2%330
Whitney A Pointe20.0%350
Benjamin C Lee18.8%160
James J Yang18.2%880
Kevin Lau15.4%260
Rajsheed O Black-Childress14.3%70
Muhammad Adnan13.3%150
Christopher Jamaal Gaines9.1%110
Daniel J Wu8.6%350
Jonathon Gillen0.0%30
Vishak Ganesh0.0%10
Amelia Nmn Velazquez Valenci0.0%10
Brigiter Divulale Protazi0.0%113
Scott D Au0.0%10
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2612?

70.3% over the last five years, across 3,872 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2612 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Jacinta M Crawford (94.8%, 134 resolved), Jordan Wan Yick (94.4%, 36 resolved), Wesner Sajous (92.8%, 845 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2612 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Daniel J Wu (8.6%, 35 resolved), James J Yang (18.2%, 88 resolved), Whitney A Pointe (20.0%, 35 resolved).

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