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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2836: Examiners and Allowance Rates

91 examiners • 39 with pending office actions • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (Tech Center 2800)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 11,408 dispositions): 66% allowance rate • 3.9 office actions per allowance • 795 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Kenneth B Wells100.0%160
Metasebia T Retebo100.0%1522
Levi Gannon100.0%1321
Tomi Sweet Skibinski100.0%106
Joseph Chang100.0%90
Thomas J Hiltunen100.0%823
Ryan C Jager100.0%70
Arnold M Kinkead100.0%78
Patrick O Neill100.0%714
William Hernandez100.0%70
Ryan Johnson100.0%614
Sibin Chen100.0%613
Richard Tan100.0%60
Jeffrey M Shin100.0%47
Tyler J Pereny100.0%419
Long T Nguyen100.0%419
Jung H Kim100.0%38
Daniel Calrissian Puentes100.0%316
Taelor Kim100.0%30
Tuan Thieu Lam100.0%321
Patrick C Chen100.0%30
Alex W Lam100.0%310
Adam D Houston100.0%35
Cassandra F Cox100.0%25
Khareem E Almo100.0%20
Colleen J O Toole100.0%15
Regis J Betsch100.0%10
Yemane Mehari100.0%10
Amit R Bhatia100.0%10
Bryan Reynaldo Perez100.0%10
Stephen W Jackson90.3%8150
Danny Nguyen87.7%1,0170
Nicolas G Bellido87.7%2680
Duc M Pham87.0%5600
Hal Ira Kaplan85.9%8965
Robert L Deberadinis85.7%9888
Albert William Paladini85.6%1600
Xuan Ly85.5%55012
Esayas G Yeshaw85.4%6160
Angela D Brooks84.5%3220
Dharti Haridas Patel84.1%9720
Carlos David Amaya83.9%1,09917
James P Evans83.7%1720
Rafael Pacheco83.6%670
Aqeel H Bukhari83.2%5660
Ronald W Leja82.6%5800
Terrence Ronique Willoughby80.4%5378
Michael Rutland Fin79.9%63721
Kevin J Comber79.6%4990
Elim Ortiz79.4%60215
Jagdeep S Dhillon78.9%4940
Michael J Warmflash78.8%3680
Daniel Cavallari78.5%86217
Zeev V Kitov78.5%7240
Scott Allen Bauer78.0%6440
Joel Barnett77.9%4020
Brian K Baxter77.4%4860
Patrick R Salce76.9%650
Win Z Htun76.7%430
Swarna N Chowdhuri76.6%36411
Joseph N Inge75.6%54012
David A Shiao75.5%4898
Joshua James Sweet75.0%164
Toan T Vu74.8%6260
Rasem Mourad74.5%5509
Pinping Sun73.7%4190
Alfonso Perez Borroto73.5%55812
David M Stables73.5%1960
Thai H Tran72.2%35614
Fritz M Fleming70.1%4650
Christopher Jay Clark70.0%5940
Emmanuel Dominique69.1%2720
Justen Fauth68.6%1590
Kalu Kelly Emeaba68.2%220
Dru M Parries62.9%63125
Tien Hung Mai62.8%3660
Fan He62.5%80
Daniel Kessie62.3%71838
Nicholas Ieva57.1%1910
Lucy M Thomas56.9%6770
Adi Amrany56.2%1,38233
Carlos Laguerre54.3%350
Ann Thi Hoang50.3%3480
Samantha Lynette Faubert50.0%20
Brett Stephen Squires43.2%370
Thienvu V Tran42.4%330
Rexford N Barnie21.8%559
Jared Fureman15.6%640
Charlie Yu Peng0.0%10
Hai L Nguyen—011
Menatoallah M Youssef—01

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2836?

66.2% over the last five years, across 11,408 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2836 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Stephen W Jackson (90.3%, 815 resolved), Danny Nguyen (87.7%, 1,017 resolved), Nicolas G Bellido (87.7%, 268 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2836 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Jared Fureman (15.6%, 64 resolved), Rexford N Barnie (21.8%, 55 resolved), Thienvu V Tran (42.4%, 33 resolved).

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