Examiner Michael W Choi has allowed 345 of 423 decided applications (82%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Michael W Choi maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) across two art units. Over 423 disposed applications, his pooled allowance rate is 82%, with 345 allowed and 78 abandoned. The record spans art units 2116 and 2121. Allowance rates across these art units range from 59% to 84%. This aggregate figure reflects decided applications only and does not account for pending matters.
A pooled record aggregates statistics from multiple art units into a single profile. The allowance rate shown—82% over 423 disposed applications—is a historical summary across TC 2100 and does not predict the outcome of any specific application. The range of 59% to 84% reflects variation among the examiner's individual art units but does not identify which rate applies to any particular application or subject matter.
These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →
Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.
Primarily examines control or regulating systems.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 207 decided applications with an interview and 182 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Based on 34 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Michael W Choi has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated June 25, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 477 applications.
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