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USPTO Art Unit 2617: Examiners and Allowance Rates

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

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 2,007 dispositions): 66% allowance rate
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
King Y Poon100.0%88
David T Welch100.0%70
Nayana Yeshlur100.0%30
James D Ewart100.0%20
Sheila B Smith100.0%10
Michelle N Owyang100.0%10
Chong Wu100.0%10
Abdias Mondesir100.0%10
Snigdha Sinha100.0%10
Martin Mushambo97.6%410
Thomas J Lett94.1%510
Vincent Robert Peren89.5%9510
Jacinta M Crawford89.4%18028
Sam Bhattacharya88.9%900
Phong X Nguyen88.9%8115
Jason A Pringle-Parker88.6%18420
David Q Nguyen88.3%2310
Robert J Craddock88.3%770
Kamran Afshar87.4%1980
Yousef R Rod87.1%310
Diane D Mizrahi86.9%2740
Phu K Nguyen86.4%2950
Ajit Patel86.0%1930
David Van Nguyen85.7%715
William D Cumming85.7%2300
Erika Alise Washington85.5%2560
Danh C Le85.4%2470
Aaron M Richer84.9%7321
Phuoc Huu Doan84.7%2620
Jean Alland Gelin84.6%2410
Shivang I Patel83.8%370
Jinsong Hu83.3%60
Hilina K Demeter83.2%15522
Meless Nmn Zewdu83.0%2240
Temica M Beamer82.9%1990
Congvan Tran82.2%2870
Nghi H Ly81.9%2370
Naghmeh Mehrpour81.0%2900
Vincent Alexander Providence80.6%3121
Kiet M Doan80.1%2610
Sae Won Yoon80.0%100
Gregory J Tryder80.0%50
Anh Tuan V Nguyen79.7%790
Sharad K Rampuria79.0%3470
Javid A Amini78.6%2570
Brandon J Miller78.4%2220
Un C Cho78.0%1410
Michael T Vu77.3%1810
Patrick Paul Contrer Galera76.9%1314
Ezana Getachew76.9%130
Jeffrey J Chow76.7%1720
Yuehan Wang76.1%27621
Mahendra R Patel75.4%1670
Saptarshi Mazumder75.0%120
Huy D Nguyen75.0%80
Barry W Taylor74.7%2250
Diane M Wills74.6%2010
Michelle Hau Ma74.4%3914
Leon T Cain II74.2%890
Marisol Fahnert72.7%990
Christopher J Kohlman72.7%110
Mong Thuy Thi Tran72.3%830
Julio R Perez72.1%1470
Stephen M D Agosta71.6%2570
Jr, Joseph E Dean71.6%1090
Manpreet S Matharu71.4%1050
Dung Le Lam70.6%1090
Olumide Ajibade Akonai70.6%2520
Fred A Casca70.3%370
Kenneth B Corbin69.7%330
Randy Peaches68.5%1780
Wayne Huu Cai68.5%1810
Jin Cheng Wang67.7%18614
Nam Trung Huynh67.7%990
Khai Minh Nguyen67.5%2280
Erica Navar67.4%430
Pierre Louis Desir66.8%1990
Justin Ye Lee66.7%1260
Steven Lim66.2%1390
Nimesh Patel66.0%1620
Nathan A Mitchell65.8%1930
Michael A Faragalla65.7%1430
Lameka J Kirk64.9%370
Christopher M Brandt64.7%2150
Marcos Batista63.8%1990
Huy Q Phan63.8%1270
Joel Ajayi63.4%1450
Dai Phuong62.9%1780
Charles Terrell Shedrick62.5%2480
Munsoon Choo62.4%1090
Timothy X Pham62.3%1300
Inder P Mehra61.9%1340
Qun Shen61.8%1020
Joy Kimberly Contee61.8%340
Anthony S Addy61.1%1900
Amancio Gonzalez61.0%1770
Xiang Zhang61.0%1000
Sayed T Zewari60.9%1280
Laurence J Lee60.2%1030
Jin Ge60.0%300
Pakee Fang60.0%300
Gerald L Oliver60.0%250
Robert N. Bader60.0%100
Benjamin Morales Fernandez60.0%100
Kashif Siddiqui59.7%1490
Amanuel Lebassi59.6%1140
Fm Rashed Hossain59.5%370
Marisol Figueroa59.2%1420
Joseph Arevalo58.8%1530
Yu Gu58.8%1020
Vladimir Magloire58.7%1670
Isaak R Jama58.3%1080
Mazda Sabouri58.0%1000
Kwasi Karikari57.7%2600
Myron Wyche57.5%870
Daniel Lai57.4%1290
Quan M Hua56.7%970
Shahriar Behnamian56.5%920
Michael Thier56.5%1470
Shannon Brooks56.4%550
Ariel A Balaoing56.2%1300
Emem O Stephen55.6%1240
Scott E Sonners55.2%1160
Shantell Laketa Heiber54.7%1370
San A Htun54.6%970
Michael S Bush54.5%440
Michael Le54.1%1330
Omoniyi Obayanju53.8%930
Babar Sarwar53.7%950
Liton Miah52.9%1020
Ronald Eisner52.4%820
Nizar N Sivji51.9%1060
Wesley Leo Kim51.7%1430
German Viana Di Prisco51.2%1230
Eric J Elcenko51.2%430
Kuo-Kong Woo51.0%960
Magdi Elhag51.0%1020
Nathan Scott Taylor51.0%1040
Tangela T Chambers50.9%1120
Marivelisse Santiago Cordero50.8%1260
Dung Hong50.0%740
Christopher P Henry50.0%160
Jaime Michele Holliday49.7%1450
Chuong A Ngo49.5%1030
Neda Behrooz49.3%710
Sowmini Nair48.8%430
Natasha W Cosme48.6%740
Kathy W Wang-Hurst48.2%1640
Jitesh Patel48.1%1060
Khawar Iqbal46.7%1070
Frank E Donado46.7%900
Yi Yang46.4%1120
Marcos L Torres46.2%1170
Dinh Nguyen45.7%940
Michael Nguyen45.5%1010
Huy C Ho45.4%1190
Khalid W Shaheed44.9%980
Allahyar Kasraian44.8%1160
Diego D Herrera44.0%750
Kwang B Lee43.9%1140
Chhean K Thao43.8%160
Chuck Huynh43.3%900
Steven Shaun Kelley42.3%710
Opiribo Georgewill42.1%950
Aung T Win41.7%600
Mehmood B Khan41.6%890
Matthew C Sams41.2%1310
Farley Balan40.0%50
Michael Y Mapa39.8%930
Sarwat Chughtai39.0%410
Gerald Johnson39.0%770
Mrunalini Yerneni Mummalaneni38.5%130
Joshua L Schwartz38.2%680
Matthew W Genack37.5%800
Marcus C Hammonds37.1%620
William F Rideout36.7%600
Quoc Thai Ngoc Vu36.0%250
Scott Trandai35.7%140
Issam Chakour35.1%570
Stamford Hwang34.1%410
Daniel A Nobile33.8%770
Michael Irace33.3%570
Ngan T Pham Lu33.3%60
Nathaniel P Brittingham33.3%30
Thach Ngoc Nguyen33.3%30
Jean Chang32.8%670
Muthuswamy Ganapathy Manoharan32.7%1040
Munjalkumar C Patel32.1%560
Suhail Khan32.0%250
Bryan W Pitt31.5%540
William Nealon30.8%780
Alexander J. Yi28.6%700
Edd Rianne L Plata28.6%560
Nick Corsaro28.6%140
David Wang27.8%180
Chayce R Bibbee26.9%520
Yungsang Lau23.6%720
Nelson M Rosario23.5%170
Scott D Au22.6%310
Jalaleddin Amirmokri22.6%310
Scott A Schlack22.2%90
Jing Gao21.6%740
Willie J Daniel Jr.21.0%1050
Rafael Perez Gutierrez20.0%250
Nalin B Pilapitiya20.0%100
Gary Au19.2%260
Hung K Du16.7%120
Dwayne D Bost13.3%150
George Eng12.5%80
William Lu11.8%170
Patrick Nestor Edouard0.0%330
V Paul Harper0.0%90
Charles Nana Appiah0.0%90
Kent Wu Chang0.0%80
Lester G Kincaid0.0%50
Louis A Garcia0.0%50
Barry K Earles0.0%50
Owen L Moorehead0.0%30
Ichieh Cheng0.0%10
John B Byrd Jr.0.0%10
Francisco A Lam0.0%10
Alan Gregory Hakala—023

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2617?

66.0% over the last five years, across 2,007 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2617 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Martin Mushambo (97.6%, 41 resolved), Thomas J Lett (94.1%, 51 resolved), Vincent Robert Peren (89.5%, 95 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2617 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Patrick Nestor Edouard (0.0%, 33 resolved), Willie J Daniel Jr. (21.0%, 105 resolved), Jing Gao (21.6%, 74 resolved).

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