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Last updated: October 08, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 3685: Examiners and Allowance Rates

91 examiners • 12 with pending office actions • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (Tech Center 3600)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 6,732 dispositions): 41% allowance rate • 6.5 office actions per allowance • 1,284 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
James M Detweiler100.0%10
Florian M Zeender100.0%10
Karen Amanda Hranek100.0%10
Peter H Choi100.0%10
John A Pauls100.0%10
Benjamin J Aitken100.0%10
Lan Dai T Truong100.0%10
Jing Wang100.0%10
James A Reagan89.2%370
Sun M Li85.8%14818
Jamie R Kucab77.7%1120
Vincent I Idiake76.7%1030
Chenyuh Kuo70.7%1570
David J Stoltenberg70.4%811
Tran N Nguyen68.8%9321
Evens J Augustin68.6%1020
Chrystina E Zelaskiewicz66.7%180
Michael I Ezewoko66.7%180
Jacob C Coppola66.5%2480
Courtney Patrice Jones63.2%1550
Nicholas K Phan59.6%890
Yue Yin Choi56.6%830
Joseph D Burgess56.5%2311
Jahed Ali55.6%990
Edgar R Martinez-Hernande55.5%1640
Jalatee Worjloh54.9%1020
Terry N Murray54.5%1010
Ari Arastoo Shahabi53.7%1340
Kambiz Abdi52.2%230
Chunling Ding51.7%1160
Radu Andrei51.5%330
James D Nigh51.3%7080
Duan Zhang50.9%1100
Nilesh B Khatri50.0%1100
Docket Tc 360050.0%60
Johann Y Choo48.9%1780
Jeffrey L Licitra48.3%290
Jay Huang46.4%3430
Timothy Paul Sax46.0%1370
Nakia Leffall-Allen45.9%1830
Zesheng Xiao44.9%780
Matthew L Hamilton44.4%180
Clay C Lee44.1%1270
Taylor Simon Duane Rak43.8%960
Dante Ravetti42.9%5200
El Mehdi Oussir42.8%1940
Jason B Fenstermacher42.0%2070
Zehra Raza40.9%1370
Mamon A Obeid40.6%2760
Chinyere Mpamugo39.6%9126
Igor N Borissov38.2%12335
Eduardo D Castilho38.0%2210
Nancy Loan T Le37.5%240
Margaret M Neubig37.3%1420
Dennis G Keritsis34.3%1400
Zeshan Qayyum34.0%3560
Yingying Zhou33.6%1190
Chinedu Charles Agwumezie33.2%5600
Mark Holcomb32.9%7032
Christine Dang31.8%220
Wodajo Getachew31.6%1710
John M Winter31.2%4290
Steven S Kim30.7%3910
Scott Michael Diroma28.6%70
Bion A Shelden25.8%6640
Karlyannie Marie Garcia Mize25.0%80
Tim B Hale24.1%1160
Gabriel S Mercado23.6%890
Neha Patel23.1%260
Mohammad A Nilforoush22.4%3390
Alfred H Tsui21.4%140
Maria Cristi Owen Sherr20.4%3380
Kristin D Sandoval18.2%110
Ilse I Immanuel17.1%2400
Sima Asgari15.7%1080
Scott D Gartland14.3%5631
Shyam M Goswami12.5%80
Robert Anthony Skrobarczyk III11.8%170
Charles Aaron Mcintyre11.5%960
Sheryl Gopal Patel10.7%2836
Kyra Rand Lagoy9.5%2121
Kyle G Robinson6.8%4417
Khalif R Muhammad3.8%520
Emile Su3.0%670
Calvin L Hewitt II1.6%630
Patrick Mcatee0.0%370
John W Hayes0.0%360
Christina C Stevenson0.0%140
Davida Lee King0.0%60
Eli M Modlin0.0%10
Zachary Michael Coots0.0%10

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 3685?

40.7% over the last five years, across 6,732 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 3685 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: James A Reagan (89.2%, 37 resolved), Sun M Li (85.8%, 148 resolved), Jamie R Kucab (77.7%, 112 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 3685 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Patrick Mcatee (0.0%, 37 resolved), John W Hayes (0.0%, 36 resolved), Calvin L Hewitt II (1.6%, 63 resolved).

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