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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2855: Examiners and Allowance Rates

106 examiners • 57 with pending office actions • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (Tech Center 2800)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 16,412 dispositions): 77% allowance rate • 2.3 office actions per allowance • 883 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Tarun Sinha100.0%2910
Bret W Adams100.0%110
Geoffrey T Evans100.0%30
Joshua L Forristall100.0%20
Manish S Shah100.0%10
Tung X Le100.0%10
Philip J Bonzell100.0%10
Gary Chapman Hoge100.0%10
Raymond Londale Nimox100.0%10
Alexander Satanovsky100.0%10
Jared C Palmer100.0%10
Noah James Haney100.0%10
Octavia L Davis-Hollington100.0%10
Christine T Mui100.0%10
David A Vanore100.0%10
Mohamed Charioui100.0%10
Amie Mercedes N'Dure100.0%10
Abdallah Abulaban100.0%10
Britney Nicole Washington100.0%10
James Jay Kim100.0%10
Natalie F Huls97.1%3515
Mohammed E Keramet-Amircolai94.9%390
Jacques M Saint Surin94.6%2990
Andre J Allen92.5%73217
Jermaine L Jenkins91.7%3138
David A Rogers91.7%1920
Mireille Sandra Sadate-Moualeu91.7%4810
Thomas M Hammond III91.2%3416
Nigel H Plumb90.6%69529
Jewel Virgie Dowtin90.6%5650
Michael T Cygan90.5%210
Manuel Salvador Castellon Jr.90.3%3117
Paul M West90.2%25611
Jamel E Williams89.9%81416
Masoud H Noori89.7%1,2300
Mark A Shabman89.4%32124
Gedeon M Kidanu88.9%1440
Laura Martin Sweeney88.9%270
Harshad R Patel88.3%8140
Timothy P Graves88.1%22627
Daniel Sean Larkin87.9%64424
Eric Scott Mccall87.9%46113
Robert R Raevis87.7%63547
Freddie Kirkland III86.5%63122
Rose Mary Miller86.3%4660
Octavia L Davis Hollington86.1%98823
Brandi N Hopkins86.0%66518
Yaritza Guadalupe85.4%52117
Randy W Gibson85.4%36314
Mirellys Jagan84.9%1,29019
Julia Grace Fitzpatrick84.8%666
Nathaniel T Woodward84.8%61922
Philip L Cotey84.2%77213
George B Bennett84.1%35211
Xin Y Zhong83.6%23218
Helen C Kwok83.5%4010
Christopher W Fulton83.5%6560
Anthony W Megna Fuentes83.2%15514
Nashmiya Saqib Fayyaz83.1%8914
David Z Huang83.0%23024
Kristina M Deherrera82.1%280
Roger G Hernandez-Prewitt81.5%1460
Nasir Uddin Ahmed81.5%4260
Alexander A Mercado81.2%24025
David L Singer80.9%16221
Punam P Roy80.5%4050
John E Chapman Jr.80.4%2250
John M Royston80.2%35429
Richard A Smith80.1%2670
Samir M Shah79.5%1120
Gail Kaplan Verbitsky79.1%9360
Marrit Eyassu79.1%19117
Suman Kumar Nath78.9%36118
Monica S Young78.2%25215
Anna Josephine Saunders76.9%5212
Truong D Phan76.7%17213
Rodney T Frank76.0%27519
Alex T Devito75.7%53811
Jonathan M Dunlap75.6%76220
Tran M. Tran75.0%64729
John P Fitzgerald74.4%22720
Daniel Michael Quinn73.3%3018
John E Breene72.7%664
Fatemeh Esfandiari Nia71.9%19229
Janice M Soto69.5%33119
Rhyan C Lange68.0%500
Nathaniel J Kolb66.7%3924
Gilbert Bernard Shuster66.7%30
Herbert K Roberts66.0%35915
Jean F Morello65.9%25227
Peter J Macchiarolo65.2%469
Tania C Courson63.4%44322
Irving A Campbell58.6%1910
Evan Thomas Mancini58.2%6713
Patrick J Assouad50.0%60
Laura E Martin22.6%310
Lisa M Caputo0.0%280
Andrea L Wellington0.0%50
Yohanes Melese Tafete0.0%20
An H Do0.0%10
Jonathan Bortoli0.0%10
Louis Jawayne Wilkerson—014
Tessalie Adelina Caze-Cortes—05
Emma Catherine Bair—04
Colin Scott Craven—03
Matthew Walter Kegley—02

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2855?

76.8% over the last five years, across 16,412 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2855 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Natalie F Huls (97.1%, 35 resolved), Mohammed E Keramet-Amircolai (94.9%, 39 resolved), Jacques M Saint Surin (94.6%, 299 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2855 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Laura E Martin (22.6%, 31 resolved), Evan Thomas Mancini (58.2%, 67 resolved), Irving A Campbell (58.6%, 191 resolved).

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