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Last updated: October 08, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 3791: Examiners and Allowance Rates

147 examiners • 80 with pending office actions • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (Tech Center 3700)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 15,212 dispositions): 54% allowance rate • 3.7 office actions per allowance • 1,182 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Robert R Raevis100.0%10
Kaitlyn E Sebastian100.0%10
Krishna P. Neupane100.0%10
Shane Wrensford Codrington100.0%10
James M Kish100.0%10
Daniel Previl100.0%10
Richard Orlando Toohey100.0%10
Nilay J Shah100.0%10
Paul D Kim100.0%10
Esaw T Abraham100.0%10
Sang H Nguyen100.0%10
Kemaya Deann Huu Nguyen100.0%10
Gregory M Desire100.0%10
Alexander Stephan Noguerola100.0%10
William Alexander Anderson100.0%10
Allen C Ho100.0%10
Sana Sahand100.0%10
Max F Hindenburg90.6%2990
Jennifer Mary Deichl Robertson90.0%400
Brian L Casler88.1%4236
John P Lacyk87.0%3470
Alexander M Valvis85.4%489
Joshua Daryl Deanon Lannu85.3%57722
Jason M Sims84.2%387
Jasim Ahmad Naeem83.3%60
Eric Frank Winakur82.7%43924
Thaddeus B Cox82.1%87028
May A Abouelela82.0%56832
Chu Chuan Liu80.2%44428
Tyra F Bookhart80.0%50
Carrie R Dorna79.4%48523
Samuel G Gilbert79.3%4970
Sean Patrick Dougherty79.1%40144
Marjan Fardanesh78.9%50725
Abid A Mustansir78.4%48138
Eric J Messersmith77.9%43517
Christine Hopkins Matthews77.6%53940
Nicholas E Kolderman77.1%350
Navin Natnithithadha76.2%44123
Reilly Austin Carlton75.0%40
Kaylee R Wilson74.6%2130
Abel Seifu Abegaz74.2%310
Adam Jared Eiseman74.0%7717
Sunita Reddy74.0%43132
Marc D Honrath74.0%14626
Christian Y Jang72.5%37141
Sienna Christine Pyle71.7%5315
Tho Q Tran71.0%3284
Jeffrey Gerben Hoekstra70.7%12360
David J Mccrosky70.0%3070
Daniel Lee Cerioni69.6%51056
Devin B Henson69.5%40728
Elina Sohyun Jang68.3%10114
Mitchell E Alter68.0%1000
Alice Ling Zou67.9%1310
Yasmeen S Warsi67.8%23311
Emily Cecilia Clement66.7%300
Thomas Chiang66.7%30
Etsub D Berhanu65.1%35840
Kyle W. Kretzer64.8%17941
Patrick M Fernandes64.7%45937
Benjamin S Melhus64.3%37337
Hy Khanh Doan63.6%3311
Avery Mitchell Foley63.0%1270
Michael Ryan Bloch62.5%38942
Jay B Shah62.3%36635
Rene T Towa61.3%29228
Jennifer Grace Baires-Tweed60.9%230
Meghan Rajnish Kumar60.6%710
Grace Nmn Rozanski60.5%8642
Alexander Henry Connor60.3%730
Darin Michael Janoschka60.0%100
Justin Xu59.8%23443
Raymond P Dulman59.5%2370
Liam A Wallace58.6%290
Om Patel58.1%11732
Lucy Clare Eppert57.9%3828
David J Fernandez-Fidalgo57.8%450
Puya Agahi57.2%33237
Clarissa Alison Cuevas57.1%350
Huong Q Nguyen56.8%27323
Anna L Roberts56.7%16451
Noah Michael Healy56.5%4635
Jonathan Michael Haney56.4%10128
Jairo H Portillo56.3%26350
Aurelie H Tu56.2%24250
Chanel J Yoon55.0%21850
Andrey Shostak54.5%37644
Nidhi Niraj Patel53.8%11938
Meredith H Weare53.1%42242
Jonathan Drew Moroneso53.1%13027
Tiffany C Weston52.6%570
Evelyn Grace Park51.6%9135
Joseph A Tombers50.0%21636
Matthew Eric Ogles50.0%12240
Melanie T Roy50.0%20
Alyssa N Potter50.0%20
Jaimie Annette Mckeel50.0%20
Catherine Burk Kuhlman49.4%1620
Matthew Kremer49.4%31840
Samuel Chong Kim49.2%23626
Karen E Toth47.6%33435
Deirdre M Willgohs47.2%530
Jonathan Ephraim Cooper46.4%15319
Andrew Eli Hoffpauir41.0%10039
Nelson Alexander Glover40.0%3031
Shawn Curtis Broughton40.0%2518
Michael Anthony Catina39.0%31345
Brooke Nicole Kohutka37.5%3236
Julie Thi Tran35.8%5318
Molly Sara Halprin35.0%200
Severo Anton P Lopez34.9%16952
Robert T Pazhwak33.3%30
Dakota Rayne Sabotka33.3%30
Tse W Chen32.4%3419
Aaron Rogers Merriam31.6%3837
James Stewart Stambaugh III30.2%430
Brogan Rane Landeen28.6%730
Jacqueline Cheng27.3%110
Martin Nathan Ortega26.8%8232
Sristi Divina Gomes25.0%818
Destiny Joi Cruickshank23.8%210
Sarah R Kingsley23.2%690
Ari Singh Kane Padda22.2%6318
Kavya Shobana Balaji20.0%3033
Lara Linh Tran16.7%1223
Melissa Jo Montgomery14.8%2727
Charles Alan Marmor II14.8%27728
Janki Mahesh Bava11.1%1810
Connor W Blake10.5%190
Erin Kathleen Mccormack8.6%3558
Alyssa Paige Novak6.7%150
Sarah Ann Westfall0.0%1727
Patricia C Mallari0.0%100
Noe Robert Dietz0.0%530
Jacob F Betit0.0%40
Disha A Patel0.0%30
Ariana Joy Lacay Decastro0.0%226
Morgan Sangjo Shim0.0%19
Erin Asa Kim0.0%10
Haden Matthew Ritchie0.0%10
Jonghwan Nmn Baek0.0%10
Kiran G Thomas0.0%10
Elizabeth Louise Okonak0.0%10
Benyam Haile0.0%10
Peyton Thomas Billips0.0%10
Kate Elizabeth Strachan0.0%10

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 3791?

53.5% over the last five years, across 15,212 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 3791 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Max F Hindenburg (90.6%, 299 resolved), Jennifer Mary Deichl Robertson (90.0%, 40 resolved), Brian L Casler (88.1%, 42 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 3791 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Erin Kathleen Mccormack (8.6%, 35 resolved), Charles Alan Marmor II (14.8%, 277 resolved), Kavya Shobana Balaji (20.0%, 30 resolved).

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