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Last updated: October 08, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2616: Examiners and Allowance Rates

121 examiners • 14 with pending office actions • Communications (Tech Center 2600)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 4,073 dispositions): 71% allowance rate • 4.2 office actions per allowance • 869 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Daniel F Hajnik100.0%285
Brian D Nguyen100.0%160
Raj K Jain100.0%120
Chi Ho A Lee100.0%120
Soon D Hyun100.0%90
Afsar M Qureshi100.0%90
Frank Duong100.0%80
Tung Q Tran100.0%80
Shick C Hom100.0%80
Ahmed Elallam100.0%80
Melvin C Marcelo100.0%80
Donald L Mills100.0%80
Anh Vu H Ly100.0%70
Alexander O Boakye100.0%70
Jason E Mattis100.0%70
Kevin C Harper100.0%60
Clemence S Han100.0%60
Abdullah A Riyami100.0%60
Kevin D Mew100.0%50
Xavier S Wong100.0%50
Hanh N Nguyen100.0%50
Pawaris Sinkantarakorn100.0%50
Gary Mui100.0%50
Juvena W Loo100.0%40
Alex Skripnikov100.0%40
Dady Chery100.0%40
Andrew Lai100.0%40
Rhonda L Murphy100.0%40
Sarah Yeo Lee100.0%411
Kan Yuen100.0%40
Kibrom T Hailu100.0%40
Awet A Haile100.0%30
Candal Elpenord100.0%30
Maxwell A Clark100.0%30
Jianye Wu100.0%30
Tri H Phan100.0%30
Phuongchau Ba Nguyen100.0%30
Nittaya Juntima100.0%30
Fikru Gennene100.0%30
Roberta A Shand100.0%20
Wei Po Eric Kao100.0%20
Anh Ngoc M Nguyen100.0%20
Christine Duong Fuqua100.0%20
Cynthia L Davis100.0%20
Leon T Andrews100.0%20
Thai D Hoang100.0%20
Daniel J Ryman100.0%10
Ajit Patel100.0%10
Elisabeth Benoit Magloire100.0%10
James A Fletcher100.0%10
Luat Phung100.0%10
Chirag G Shah100.0%10
Ben H Liu100.0%10
Vinncelas Louis100.0%10
Kenan Cehic100.0%10
Wanda Z Russell100.0%10
Nguyen Hoang Ngo100.0%10
Justin M Philpott100.0%10
Thong H Vu100.0%10
Chandrahas B Patel100.0%10
Jay P Patel100.0%10
Henry Baron100.0%10
Xin Sheng100.0%10
Robert C Scheibel100.0%10
Bo Hui Alvin Zhu100.0%10
Duc Chi Ho100.0%10
Christine Y Ng100.0%10
Robert J Craddock94.1%1190
Chris Alejandro Puntier93.2%448
Jason A Pringle-Parker91.1%1120
Thomas John Foster90.0%3014
Ryan R Yang89.7%2520
Jed-Justin Imperial89.7%14511
Adeel Bashir89.4%477
Albert T Chou88.9%90
Phuc H Tran87.5%80
Dewanda A Samuel87.5%80
Phu K Nguyen87.1%49623
James A Thompson87.0%4230
Jitesh Patel87.0%1380
Brenda H Pham83.3%60
Peter Hoang83.2%51211
Said A Broome82.1%560
Min Jung81.8%110
Xilin Guo81.6%47410
David H Chu81.0%54616
Yi Yang80.8%33318
Jin Ge79.9%2980
Tapas Mazumder78.6%2760
Kim Thanh Thi Tran75.5%530
Warner Wong75.0%80
Asif H Khan75.0%40
Habte Mered75.0%40
Ming Han Wu74.0%3150
Hai Tao Sun73.7%49439
Chante E Harrison72.2%540
Motilewa Good Johnson71.0%4800
William A Beutel70.9%4857
Joshua Jungwook Suo70.0%1017
Dmitry Levitan66.7%60
Feben Haile66.7%30
Curtis A Alia66.7%30
Charles Lloyd Beard64.7%3120
Toan D Nguyen60.0%50
Nicole Kathleen Gillespie57.1%490
Wynton S Jones56.7%300
Mohammad Sajid Adhami50.0%20
Steven H D Nguyen50.0%20
Jutai Kao50.0%20
Adam K Duda50.0%20
Abderrahim Merouan46.0%500
Sarah Le40.9%220
Devona E Faulk25.0%40
Shafiqul H Khan0.0%40
Christopher P Grey0.0%20
Robert M Root0.0%10
Melanie Jagannathan0.0%10
Robert W Wilson0.0%10
Barry T Drennan0.0%10
Mon Cheri S Davenport0.0%10
Joseph M Lam0.0%10

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2616?

71.2% over the last five years, across 4,073 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2616 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Robert J Craddock (94.1%, 119 resolved), Chris Alejandro Puntier (93.2%, 44 resolved), Jason A Pringle-Parker (91.1%, 112 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2616 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Abderrahim Merouan (46.0%, 50 resolved), Wynton S Jones (56.7%, 30 resolved), Nicole Kathleen Gillespie (57.1%, 49 resolved).

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