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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2623: Examiners and Allowance Rates

77 examiners • 12 with pending office actions • Communications (Tech Center 2600)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 4,629 dispositions): 75% allowance rate • 2.8 office actions per allowance • 576 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Jarurat Suteerawongsa100.0%376
Richard J Hong100.0%1618
Hunter B Lonsberry100.0%80
Nitin Patel100.0%30
Dominic D Saltarelli100.0%20
Ngoc K Vu100.0%20
Ke Xiao100.0%20
Timothy R Newlin100.0%20
Oschta I Montoya100.0%10
Temesghen Ghebretinsae100.0%10
Sumaiya A Chowdhury100.0%10
Towfiq Elahi100.0%10
Michael P Van Handel100.0%10
Jeffrey Keith Wong100.0%10
Justin E Shepard100.0%10
Franklin S Andramuno100.0%10
Rashen E Morrison100.0%10
Pegeman Karimi98.9%910
Roy P Rabindranath98.8%860
Long D Pham97.7%12914
Kwang-Su Yang97.1%1040
Van Nguyen Chow96.8%1850
Jonathan M Blancha93.6%945
Brent D Castiaux93.6%949
Sanjiv D Patel92.6%1360
Sanghyuk Park92.0%1257
Mihir K Rayan91.9%3090
Adam J Snyder91.8%15812
Abbas I Abdulselam89.7%5140
Joseph R Haley88.4%3710
Dmitriy Bolotin88.0%85111
Nan-Ying Yang86.6%1270
Yuzhen Shen83.8%15426
Kirk W Hermann83.3%68
Nguyen H Truong82.9%8211
Hong Zhou81.5%5240
Koosha Sharifi-Tafreshi78.6%5560
Vinh Tang Lam78.0%500
Premal R Patel76.1%5700
Antonio J Xavier75.3%3720
Jason M Mandeville75.3%9733
Chanh Duy Nguyen75.0%40
Jennifer L Zubajlo72.8%3310
Stacy Khoo72.4%2390
Sarvesh J Nadkarni71.9%3770
Gloryvid Figueroa-Gibson62.7%3300
Shawna T Stepp Jones60.1%1980
Crystal Mathews59.5%2320
Joseph G Rodriguez54.9%1220
William Boddie50.0%20
Jason P Salce40.0%50
Rueben M Brown33.3%30
Robert J Hance33.3%30
Joshua D Taylor33.3%30
Amare Mengistu8.0%250
James R Marandi0.0%110
Anthony Bantamoi0.0%20
Alfonso Castro0.0%20
Jean D Saint Cyr0.0%20
Alexander Q Huerta0.0%20
Joseph G Ustaris0.0%20
Alan H Luong0.0%20
Bennett Ingvoldstad0.0%20
David R O Steen0.0%10
Mark P Stanley0.0%10
Kunal N Langhnoja0.0%10
Sari S Sawaged0.0%10
Ricky Chin0.0%10
Patrick A Ryan0.0%10
Ryan S Stronczer0.0%10
John Manning0.0%10
Hsiungfei Peng0.0%10
Junior O Mendoza0.0%10
James Leija0.0%10
Annan Q Shang0.0%10
Usha Raman0.0%10
Mark D Featherstone0.0%10

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2623?

74.6% over the last five years, across 4,629 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2623 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Jarurat Suteerawongsa (100.0%, 37 resolved), Pegeman Karimi (98.9%, 91 resolved), Roy P Rabindranath (98.8%, 86 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2623 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Joseph G Rodriguez (54.9%, 122 resolved), Crystal Mathews (59.5%, 232 resolved), Shawna T Stepp Jones (60.1%, 198 resolved).

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