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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 3626: Examiners and Allowance Rates

120 examiners • 23 with pending office actions • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (Tech Center 3600)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 6,979 dispositions): 25% allowance rate • 6.1 office actions per allowance • 1,111 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Florian M Zeender100.0%40
Robert D Rines100.0%30
Ibrahim N El-Bathy100.0%30
Beth V Boswell100.0%20
Sam M Refai100.0%10
Tatyana Nicole Grant100.0%10
Ismail A Manejwala100.0%124
John S. Wasaff100.0%10
Jessica Lemieux89.5%8613
Sun M Li89.5%380
David J Stoltenberg77.4%310
Emmett K Walsh75.0%446
Jan P Mincarelli66.0%500
Amber Altschul Misiaszek57.6%1580
Luis A Brown55.8%9525
Christopher L Gilligan52.7%3950
Kimberly A. Sass52.5%1200
Michael I Ezewoko50.0%120
Matthew L Hamilton50.0%100
Matthew T Sittner50.0%20
Jonathan K Ng50.0%20
Michael Fuelling44.0%1750
Nathan C Uber42.9%710
Joshua B Blanchette42.1%1710
Mark Holcomb42.1%1330
Robert A Sorey42.1%3780
Jonathan W Durant41.9%930
Dennis William Ruhl41.9%7429
John A Pauls41.5%4650
Jordan L Jackson41.4%1160
Mary Evangeline Barr41.2%1990
Shyam M Goswami40.9%220
Chance L Smith40.7%590
Reginald R Reyes40.3%4090
Karen Amanda Hranek40.3%1340
Rajesh Khattar39.3%610
Tristan Isaac Evans38.5%130
Maroun P Kanaan36.6%1640
Sangeeta Bahl36.5%8525
Jessica Marie Webb35.9%640
Sheetal R. Paulson35.7%2690
Joshua D Schneider35.3%5115
Bennett S Erickson34.8%920
Asfand M Sheikh34.8%2319
Steven G.S. Sanghera34.6%1070
Kenneth Bartley34.2%790
Bion A Shelden33.3%150
Anne-Marie K Alderson33.0%910
Joseph D Burgess32.8%4940
Chinyere Mpamugo32.0%250
Liza Tony Kanaan31.0%710
Tran N Nguyen30.0%3070
Jason S Tiedeman29.7%2090
Dilek B Cobanoglu29.3%3410
Alaaeldin M Elshaer28.9%900
Douglas W Pinsky28.6%2816
Wenren Chen28.4%6716
Neal Sereboff28.1%4410
Emily Marie Kraisinger28.0%5017
Anthony Michael Balaj28.0%930
Joy Poh Ai Chng27.9%2080
Brendan S O'Shea27.5%5135
Carrie Stroder Gilkey27.1%7031
Kristine K Rapillo26.6%3720
Benjamin L Hanks25.5%940
Valerie Lubin25.3%2880
Brandon J Chu25.0%80
Rachel F Durnin23.5%810
Winston Rahul Furtado22.8%570
Andrew Eldridge Lee22.5%890
Vivek D Koppikar21.9%320
Kyle G Robinson21.4%140
Emily Huynh21.4%1030
Alaa Wadie Hussein20.8%2419
William G Lultschik20.2%2230
David Choi19.0%210
Rachel L Porter18.9%3500
Rashida R Shorter18.8%6422
Poonsin Phongsvirajati18.8%160
Patricia Kelly Edouard18.8%160
Michael Tomaszewski16.8%1190
Edward B Winston III16.7%2220
Julie Meyers Shanker16.7%180
Anita Yvonne Coupe16.4%1340
Scott D Gartland15.8%190
Eliza Anne Lam15.1%2180
Hunter J Rasnic14.5%550
Michael J Sittner14.3%70
Nico Lauren Padua13.7%5131
Charles P. Coleman13.4%4620
Sean Kristopher Hunter13.3%2110
Rajiv J Raj10.3%1170
Michael C Young9.5%420
Kiersten V Summers8.6%5825
Lena Najarian7.8%640
Alfred H Tsui6.7%150
Robert W Morgan6.6%910
Fonya M Long2.3%860
Ivonnemary Rivera Gonzalez1.6%6322
Benjamin Ly Truong0.0%2723
John D Cooper0.0%260
Docket Tc 36000.0%200
Janice A Mooneyham0.0%200
David A Tucker0.0%180
Angela Maida Hatch0.0%1715
Brianna Camille Hampton0.0%130
Bill Chen0.0%1310
Shahid R Merchant0.0%90
Jonathan Christopher Edouard0.0%50
Natalie Pass0.0%40
Igor N Borissov0.0%40
Argyro Christos Kosmakos0.0%40
Kambiz Abdi0.0%20
Gregory D Moseley0.0%20
Linh Giang Le0.0%20
Eric Charles Wrzesinski0.0%10
Stephanie H Curington0.0%10
David M Kohut0.0%10
Annie D Lam0.0%10
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 3626?

24.6% over the last five years, across 6,979 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 3626 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Jessica Lemieux (89.5%, 86 resolved), Sun M Li (89.5%, 38 resolved), David J Stoltenberg (77.4%, 31 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 3626 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Ivonnemary Rivera Gonzalez (1.6%, 63 resolved), Fonya M Long (2.3%, 86 resolved), Robert W Morgan (6.6%, 91 resolved).

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