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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2626: Examiners and Allowance Rates

90 examiners • 16 with pending office actions • Communications (Tech Center 2600)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 4,675 dispositions): 69% allowance rate • 3.8 office actions per allowance • 817 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Md Saiful A Siddiqui100.0%5518
Priyank J Shah100.0%4322
Amr A Awad100.0%40
William Boddie100.0%20
Irasema Gonzalez100.0%20
Chanh Duy Nguyen100.0%10
Eunice Ng100.0%10
Sardis F Azongha100.0%10
Steven J Hylinski100.0%10
Nathaniel P Brittingham100.0%10
Josiah J Hernandez100.0%10
Thang Gia Huynh100.0%10
Patrick Nestor Edouard100.0%10
Joe H Cheng94.5%3480
Lisa S Landis93.5%3711
Pierre Louis Desir92.0%250
Nicholas J Lee88.9%3050
Susan Iris Mcfadden88.7%2300
Thuy N Pardo88.5%2340
Vijay B Chawan84.0%1880
Yaron Cohen81.7%3177
Daniel Demelash Abebe81.6%2500
Matthew J Sked81.0%2000
Ivelisse Martinez Quiles80.7%3007
Ryan A Lubit80.4%38710
Hang Lin80.3%3054
Christopher J Kohlman80.2%910
Sosina Abebe80.2%2279
Benyam Ketema80.1%34211
Michael J Jansen II80.1%44220
Michael N Opsasnick79.9%1890
Justin W Rider79.8%1880
Brian Louis Albertalli79.1%2200
Huyen X Vo78.9%3310
Duane N Taylor Jr.78.5%6134
Martin Lerner77.2%2320
Talivaldis Ivars Smits76.8%820
Lixi Chow Simpson75.7%2220
Kirk W Hermann74.1%270
Jimmy H Nguyen73.9%30320
Abul K Azad73.6%1210
Gerald Johnson71.8%850
Angela A Armstrong70.8%1710
Qi Han70.5%1320
Lamont M Spooner69.7%1220
Kwin Xie68.9%30911
Eric L Yen67.1%1670
Douglas Godbold66.3%1870
Keith L Crawley65.8%27817
Ngan T Pham Lu65.1%1260
Temesghen Ghebretinsae64.3%143
V Paul Harper63.8%470
Jialong He62.9%1590
Samuel G Neway61.5%1300
Karin A Kiyabu60.7%19111
Robert M Stone59.1%1490
Gerald L Oliver57.4%540
Jakieda R Jackson57.0%1860
Shaun A Roberts57.0%860
Richard J Hong55.9%1700
Leonard Saint Cyr55.1%2450
Claire X Wang53.6%280
Greg Borsetti50.9%1670
Paras D Shah50.7%1500
Jonathan G Cooper50.0%60
David D Knepper50.0%20
Afroza Y Chowdhury48.0%250
Gregory J Tryder46.2%520
David M Kovacek45.8%830
Edgar X Guerra-Erazo44.4%1260
Abdul -Samad A Adediran44.2%1560
Abdelali Serrou42.4%850
Paras D Karki41.9%310
Farzad Kazeminezhad41.2%510
Michael C Colucci40.0%1800
Matthew H Baker40.0%850
James S Wozniak38.9%900
Sepideh Ghafari37.1%700
Benjamin X. Casarez36.8%870
Olujimi A Adesanya35.9%920
Fariba Sirjani35.7%140
Jesse Scott Pullias34.9%1090
Scott Trandai33.3%150
Michael Ortiz Sanchez27.3%660
Neeraj Sharma26.7%150
David R Hudspeth20.0%50
Mark Villena17.9%390
James M Holland17.8%450
Isabel Yuan Kadoorie11.5%260
Richemond Dorvil0.0%30

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2626?

68.8% over the last five years, across 4,675 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2626 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Md Saiful A Siddiqui (100.0%, 55 resolved), Priyank J Shah (100.0%, 43 resolved), Joe H Cheng (94.5%, 348 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2626 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: James M Holland (17.8%, 45 resolved), Mark Villena (17.9%, 39 resolved), Michael Ortiz Sanchez (27.3%, 66 resolved).

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