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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 2899: Examiners and Allowance Rates

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

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 6,279 dispositions): 82% allowance rate • 4.0 office actions per allowance • 1,216 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Chi-Hua Yang100.0%100
Zandra V Smith100.0%40
Vicente Rolando Gonzales100.0%323
Sue A Purvis100.0%20
Quy N Tran100.0%20
Ihsan Taiwo Hawkins100.0%112
Hina F Ayub100.0%10
Seyon Ali-Simah Punchbeddell100.0%10
Stephen Michael Voorhis100.0%10
Golam Mowla100.0%10
Surafel Yilmakassaye100.0%10
Wei Li100.0%16
Michael Lebentritt100.0%10
Muhammed Azam100.0%10
Nicholas J Tobergte100.0%10
Alexander P Gross100.0%10
Hung Nguyen100.0%10
John M Parker99.1%21517
Marvin Payen98.1%545
Jaehwan Oh97.3%14911
Jasmine Jhihan B Clark97.1%1740
George R Fourson III97.0%1330
Andre C Stevenson96.4%19326
Caleen O Sullivan96.3%48821
Victor A Mandala95.8%6848
Lawrence C Tynes Jr.95.7%16217
Mohammad M Choudhry95.5%17617
Wilner Jean Baptiste95.1%67018
Evan Garrett Clinton94.4%21312
Daniel Johnathan Hibbert93.3%3013
William A Harriston93.1%88715
Rohit Parthasarathy90.2%5114
Thien F Tran89.4%3670
Peniel M Gumedzoe88.6%1,01015
Eva Y Montalvo86.8%530
Feifei Yeung Lopez86.0%81334
Colleen Erin Snow85.9%4129
Patrick Lawrence Cullen85.7%2131
Christopher A Johnson85.4%55525
Quovaunda Jefferson85.3%64524
Molly Kay Reida85.0%13315
Jae Lee83.2%4930
Su C Kim82.9%68926
Douglas Anthony Yap79.7%6919
Corbyn David Mellinger78.4%3712
David S Wilbert76.0%1210
Krishna Jayanthi Palaniswamy76.0%2516
Cristian Alexandru Tivarus74.5%5128
Regan J Rundio73.2%2240
Hsin Yi Hsieh71.1%9721
Brett Stephen Squires70.6%1719
Derek Lang Nielsen70.1%6718
Junaiden Mirsalahuddin68.7%990
Thanh V Pham64.1%1530
Abbigale A Boyle60.8%5111
Dale E Page57.5%404
Colleen Ann Fauz57.1%280
Michael Anguiano53.3%3033
Brent Alan Fairbanks50.0%82
Genevieve Grace Bullard-Connor42.3%2632
Emilio Ardeo22.2%90
Alexander Joseph Ehrlich0.0%10
Daniel Kurt Elliott—022
Chloe Elaine Benton—019
Kathy Kieu Ngoc Nguyen—02

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 2899?

81.9% over the last five years, across 6,279 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 2899 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: John M Parker (99.1%, 215 resolved), Marvin Payen (98.1%, 54 resolved), Jaehwan Oh (97.3%, 149 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 2899 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Michael Anguiano (53.3%, 30 resolved), Dale E Page (57.5%, 40 resolved), Abbigale A Boyle (60.8%, 51 resolved).

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