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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2835: Examiners and Allowance Rates

98 examiners • 6 with pending office actions • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (Tech Center 2800)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 7,154 dispositions): 56% allowance rate • 2.0 office actions per allowance • 834 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Alexander Ryan Horton100.0%140
Jamil Alexander Decker100.0%30
Nelson J Nieves100.0%20
Charles M Pizzuto100.0%20
Travis C Ruby100.0%20
Kevin D Ahlstrom100.0%20
Timothy J Thompson100.0%20
Christopher Anthony Daley100.0%10
Corey M Broussard100.0%10
Sultan U. Chowdhury100.0%10
Yean Hsi Chang100.0%10
Ljiljana V Ciric100.0%10
Imani N Hayman100.0%10
Paul B Yanchus III100.0%10
Sreeya Sreevatsa100.0%10
Rafael O De Leon Domenech100.0%10
Courtney L Smith85.4%1,2690
Gregory D Thompson84.3%4070
Hung S Bui83.9%7080
Hung V Duong83.9%2980
Nguyen T Ha82.8%1920
Adam B Dravininkas82.4%65212
Xanthia C Cunningham81.4%5060
Jeremy C Norris81.2%1760
Lisa S Lea Edmonds80.8%2600
Stephen Sangjin Sul80.3%5120
Michael A Matey79.8%5940
Mandeep S Buttar79.6%5490
Angel R Estrada79.3%2420
Michail V Datskovskiy79.3%7590
Amir A. Jalali78.7%4500
Razmeen Gafur78.2%2930
Rashen E Morrison77.6%2630
Dhirubhai R Patel77.1%2010
Yahya Alsayed Ahmad76.9%1600
Anthony Q Edwards76.5%5110
Tuan T Dinh76.4%2030
Hung V Ngo76.2%1510
Kyle Oxenknecht75.8%330
Zhengfu J Feng75.4%5120
Hoa Cao Nguyen75.1%1730
Mukundbhai G Patel75.1%7871
Dimary S Lopez Cruz75.0%1320
Amol H Patel75.0%80
Boris Leo Chervinsky74.5%4430
Jacob R Crum74.4%65224
Sagar Shrestha73.7%1750
Eric W Thomas73.4%1990
Keith A Depew73.3%2400
Anthony Michael Haughton73.3%6320
Andargie M Aychillhum73.2%1640
Hung Q Dang72.5%3710
Zachary Pape72.4%1,11633
Robert Joseph Hoffberg72.0%9180
Tremesha Willis Burns70.3%1550
Ingrid D Wright70.3%6160
Matthew Sinclair Muir70.1%1370
Anatoly Vortman69.9%1,2380
William H Mayo III69.7%1950
Arun Ramaswamy69.7%760
Chau N Nguyen68.7%2430
Steven Ngo68.4%7613
Yuriy Semenenko68.3%2180
Christopher L Augustin68.1%2290
Ishwarbhai B Patel64.9%2080
Matt S Dhillon64.3%1120
Robert D Brown64.1%2090
Rockshana D Chowdhury63.2%2530
Xiaoliang Chen62.5%2830
Paresh H Paghadal62.5%80
Dameon E Levi62.4%1010
Jerry Wu62.3%5700
Douglas R Burtner61.3%1940
Adrian S Wilson60.3%6070
Ahmad D Barnes60.0%50
Nathan J Milakovich59.6%1040
James Wu59.4%3450
Dion Ferguson59.4%1920
Abiy Getachew58.8%170
Nidhi Vivek Thaker58.3%5110
Abhishek M Rathod57.2%2360
Jeffrey Francis Stoll56.5%460
David M Sinclair54.1%2050
Bradley H Thomas53.2%3440
Sherman Ng51.9%1290
Binh Bach Thanh Tran51.2%430
Steven T Sawyer50.3%1670
Pete T Lee47.1%170
Roshn K Varghese42.3%780
Quinn T Hunter40.0%550
Rhadames J Alonzo Miller36.0%250
Theron S Milliser35.2%2440
Hiram E Gonzalez32.9%760
Jayprakash N Gandhi30.6%725
Izak J Baranowski29.7%370
Jinhee J Lee0.0%300
Danell L Owens0.0%10
Manuel A Rivera Vargas0.0%10

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2835?

56.2% over the last five years, across 7,154 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2835 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Courtney L Smith (85.4%, 1,269 resolved), Gregory D Thompson (84.3%, 407 resolved), Hung S Bui (83.9%, 708 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2835 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Jinhee J Lee (0.0%, 30 resolved), Izak J Baranowski (29.7%, 37 resolved), Jayprakash N Gandhi (30.6%, 72 resolved).

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