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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2800: Examiners and Allowance Rates

96 examiners • 4 with pending office actions • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (Tech Center 2800)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 452 dispositions): 70% allowance rate • 2.0 office actions per allowance • 1,483 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Kimberly N Kakalec100.0%791
Jamie C Niesz100.0%440
Thomas J Hong100.0%90
Matthew S Smith100.0%80
Lee A Fineman100.0%70
Seungsook Ham100.0%70
Robert H Kim100.0%54
Jeremy Austin Luks100.0%50
Eva Y Montalvo100.0%50
Shih Tsun A Chou100.0%50
Norman Drew Richards100.0%40
Forrest M Phillips100.0%40
Suberr L Chi100.0%30
Robert T Clarke Jr.100.0%30
Imani N Hayman100.0%30
Trang Q Tran100.0%30
Nathan W Ha100.0%30
Marc Anthony Armand100.0%20
Ori Nadav100.0%20
Tuan T Dinh100.0%20
Bradley Smith100.0%20
Scott B Geyer100.0%20
Hina F Ayub100.0%20
Kyoung Lee100.0%20
Uzma Alam100.0%20
Wael M Fahmy100.0%20
Jordan Edward Dewitt100.0%20
Matthew E Warren100.0%20
Didarul A Mazumder100.0%10
Antonio B Crite100.0%10
Meiya Li100.0%10
Mustak Choudhury100.0%10
William Adrovel100.0%10
Noah James Haney100.0%10
Jay C Chang100.0%10
Ricky Levern Mack100.0%10
Lalrinfamkim Hmar Malsawma100.0%10
Daniel B Whalen100.0%10
Pinping Sun100.0%10
Jianchun Qin100.0%10
Jordan M Klein100.0%10
Anthony Q Edwards100.0%10
Rebecca Carole Bryant100.0%10
Yu-Hsi David Sun100.0%10
Jonathan Charles Teixeira Moffat100.0%10
Nikolay K Yushin100.0%10
Khaja Ahmad100.0%10
Jamil Ahmed100.0%10
Minh Toan T Ton100.0%10
Binh Bach Thanh Tran100.0%10
Eduardo Colon Santana100.0%10
Jerry Wu100.0%10
Maher Yazback100.0%10
Vei Chung Liang100.0%10
Ajay Arora100.0%10
Mohammad M Hoque100.0%10
Raj R Gupta100.0%10
Michael Gunyoung Lee100.0%10
Arleen M Vazquez100.0%10
Christina A Sylvia100.0%10
Shawn H Decenzo100.0%10
Thanh Y Tran100.0%10
Telly D Green100.0%10
Michael P Lapage100.0%10
Sang H Nguyen100.0%10
Ratisha Mehta100.0%10
Christina Marie Schreiber100.0%10
Michael Patrick Stafira100.0%10
Malcolm Barnes100.0%10
Bilkis Jahan100.0%10
Michael Yoo Lim Jung100.0%10
Nduka E Ojeh100.0%10
Timothy J Dole100.0%16
Anthony Ho100.0%10
Bumsuk Won100.0%10
Marlon T Fletcher100.0%10
Christopher A Johnson100.0%10
Md M Rahman100.0%10
Mohamad A Musleh100.0%10
John P Dulka100.0%10
Vu A Vu100.0%10
John E Breene100.0%10
Alexander G Ghyka100.0%10
Hwa S Lee100.0%10
Julian D Huffman100.0%10
Maurice C Smith100.0%10
Thomas M Hammond III91.7%120
Karl I Tamai88.9%90
Andrea L Wellington64.1%3090
Jennifer Doak Carruth60.0%50
Sue A Purvis60.0%50
Tarifur Rashid Chowdhury33.3%30
Allen L Parker0.0%40
Allana Lewin Bidder0.0%20
Andrew M Schechter0.0%10
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2800?

69.7% over the last five years, across 452 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2800 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Kimberly N Kakalec (100.0%, 79 resolved), Jamie C Niesz (100.0%, 44 resolved), Andrea L Wellington (64.1%, 309 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2800 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Andrea L Wellington (64.1%, 309 resolved), Kimberly N Kakalec (100.0%, 79 resolved), Jamie C Niesz (100.0%, 44 resolved).

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