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Last updated: October 25, 2026

USPTO Art Unit 3796: Examiners and Allowance Rates

88 examiners • 42 with pending office actions • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (Tech Center 3700)

Art unit baseline (last 5 years, 4,645 dispositions): 73% allowance rate • 5.0 office actions per allowance • 1,272 days median pendency
ExaminerAllowance rateResolved casesPending apps
Ahmed M Farah100.0%30
Joshua Brendon Solomon100.0%20
Amanda K Hulbert100.0%20
Scott Luan100.0%20
Attiya Sayyada Hussaini100.0%20
Erin E Mcgrath100.0%20
Aaron F Roane100.0%20
Qingjun Kong100.0%20
Andrew Peter Restaino100.0%10
Alisha Jitendra Sircar100.0%10
Travis Sloan Chambers100.0%10
Haley Nicole Pruitt100.0%114
George Robert Evanisko100.0%10
Deborah Talitha Gedeon100.0%10
Jay B Shah100.0%10
Mamadou Faye100.0%10
Robert Anthony Skrobarczyk III100.0%10
Joseph Henry Brown100.0%10
Alexander Stephan Noguerola100.0%10
Alexander Joseph Vaughn100.0%10
Vynn V Huh100.0%10
Mohammed Sohail Adam100.0%10
Shirley Xueying Jian100.0%10
Michael P Ferguson100.0%10
Michael James Carey100.0%10
Jocelin C Tanner100.0%10
Jamel E Williams100.0%10
Dixomara Vargas Montalvo100.0%10
Thaslimur Rahman100.0%10
Benjamin Jacob Klein100.0%10
Kaitlyn E Sebastian100.0%10
Aurelie H Tu100.0%10
David E Hamaoui96.3%540
Nadia Ahmad Mahmood94.6%2240
Manolis Y Pahakis93.0%15714
Bryan Mcallister Lee92.7%5520
Eric D Bertram91.8%24430
Jon Eric C Morales90.3%28843
Nicole F Johnson90.0%21929
Joseph M Dietrich89.9%18842
Brian T Gedeon88.9%23532
Jane C Kalinock86.7%150
Joshua A Schum-Houck86.7%150
Alyssa Margo Alter Morschauser85.4%15736
Erin M Piateski85.0%200
Paula J Stice84.8%23117
Tong E Wu84.6%15627
Pamela M Bays84.3%11520
Elizabeth K So84.2%380
Rex R Holmes83.2%18440
Michael T. Holtzclaw80.9%15233
Anh-Khoa N Dinh80.7%15017
Tammie K Marlen79.6%14247
Kennedy Schaetzle78.0%13223
Mary Grace Schlueter77.8%2712
William J Levicky76.6%10734
Michael J Lau76.4%14827
Ankit D Tejani75.9%16241
Michael Joseph D Abreu73.1%15631
Erica Shengkai Lee71.3%13635
Lynsey C Eiseman68.9%12218
Maria Catherine Anthony68.5%8930
Sana Sahand67.2%20454
Jr, Gary A Porter67.0%10044
Aya Ziad Bakkar67.0%10631
Owen Lewis Marsh66.7%330
Adreanne A Arnold61.3%310
Heidi Ann Hilsmier58.3%1227
Jennifer Leigh-Stewar Ghand57.1%14038
Jennifer Sue Pitrak Mcdonald56.2%160
Christopher John Mutchler55.1%6936
Dhrasti Snehal Dalal52.4%210
Jessandra F Hough47.7%11131
Shreya Parag Anjaria42.3%7121
Rumaisa Rashid Baig36.0%5033
Olivia Walker35.7%1429
Christine Andrea Pan Sison32.1%5336
Megan Taylor Fedorky27.3%3324
Moussa Maher Haddad27.1%8542
Niketa I Patel14.3%70
Carl Hernandz Layno12.5%80
Benjamin Allyn Schmitt12.0%2531
Halle Margaret Welch0.0%313
Jonathan Charles Teixeira Moffat0.0%20
Daniel Previl0.0%10
Levi Gannon0.0%10
Stephen T Reed0.0%10
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the allowance rate in USPTO Art Unit 3796?

73.0% over the last five years, across 4,645 resolved applications.

Which examiners in Art Unit 3796 have the highest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: David E Hamaoui (96.3%, 54 resolved), Nadia Ahmad Mahmood (94.6%, 224 resolved), Manolis Y Pahakis (93.0%, 157 resolved).

Which examiners in Art Unit 3796 have the lowest allowance rates?

Among examiners with at least 30 resolved applications: Moussa Maher Haddad (27.1%, 85 resolved), Megan Taylor Fedorky (27.3%, 33 resolved), Christine Andrea Pan Sison (32.1%, 53 resolved).

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