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Last updated: October 08, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2699: Examiners and Allowance Rates

68 examiners • 8 with pending office actions • Communications (Tech Center 2600)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 2,617 dispositions): 73% allowance rate
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Nhan T Tran100.0%550
William F Rideout100.0%30
Scott A Rogers100.0%10
Moin M Rahman100.0%10
Akshay Trehan100.0%10
Mekonnen D Dagnew96.3%540
Tuan H Le95.5%220
Nelson D Hernandez94.6%370
Kelly L Jerabek94.0%3346
Daniel F Hajnik93.7%1420
Nicholas G Giles91.8%490
Chan T H Nguyen90.7%540
John H Morehead III90.6%640
Marly S.B. Camargo90.5%630
Tuan Duc Nguyen89.4%17010
Lewis G West89.1%17514
Haixia Du88.8%800
Said A Broome88.2%1100
Gary C Vieaux87.9%330
Amy R Hsu87.8%740
Daniel M Pasiewicz86.9%25111
Chia Wei A Chen86.8%380
Andrew W. Bee86.7%1580
George Eng86.7%155
Gevell V Selby85.2%810
Mekonen T Bekele85.0%26722
Chriss S Yoder III83.9%620
Pritham David Prabhakher82.4%340
Abdelaaziz Tissire82.2%450
Nicholas C Pachol81.2%24518
Laurence J Lee80.8%2140
Gerald Johnson80.1%1760
Regina Liang79.2%530
Patrick Marinelli77.2%19315
Daniell L Negron77.0%1260
Yungsang Lau76.2%210
Viet David Pham76.1%1380
Robert T Clarke Jr.75.0%200
My Chau T Tran75.0%40
Ariel A Balaoing71.7%1980
Scott Trandai71.4%350
Chineyere D Wills-Burns70.0%200
Darlene M Ritchie69.4%1110
Carolyn R Edwards64.3%140
Christopher J Kohlman63.4%1720
Robert J Michaud60.0%1050
Sepehr Azari58.3%1080
Ivelisse Martinez Quiles57.3%890
Leonid Shapiro54.9%710
Mrunalini Yerneni Mummalaneni54.6%1410
Mansour M Said53.1%490
Dorothy H Harris46.8%620
Maheen I Javed46.7%750
Christopher D Thompson41.7%120
Stefan M Oehrlein41.2%510
Saifeldin E Elnafia31.2%160
Sahlu Okebato25.0%200
Andrew B Schnirel23.8%210
Alecia Diane English20.0%300
Towfiq Elahi18.5%270
Bryan E Earles14.3%140
Jeffrey Alan Parker12.1%330
Dwayne D Bost0.0%170
William Boddie0.0%60
Charles F Lee0.0%10
Lin Ye0.0%10
Bipin Gyawali0.0%10
Jason A Flohre0.0%10

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2699?

73.0% over the last five years, across 2,617 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2699 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Nhan T Tran (100.0%, 55 resolved), Mekonnen D Dagnew (96.3%, 54 resolved), Nelson D Hernandez (94.6%, 37 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2699 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Jeffrey Alan Parker (12.1%, 33 resolved), Alecia Diane English (20.0%, 30 resolved), Stefan M Oehrlein (41.2%, 51 resolved).

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