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Examiner Michele C Choi

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 145 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION NOV 2015
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Michele C Choi has allowed 52 of 145 decided applications (36%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

36% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2169 · 35%AU 2164 · 41%
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Michele C Choi maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning two art units. Over 145 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 52 and abandoned 93, yielding an allowance rate of 36%. This rate is computed from decided applications only and does not include any pending matters. The record reflects decisions across art units 2164 and 2169 in pooled form.

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This profile aggregates Michele C Choi's record across multiple art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 36% describes outcomes on 145 decided applications and is a historical measure of the examiner's past disposal pattern. Aggregate figures do not predict outcomes on any individual application. Individual art-unit records are reported separately and may differ from the pooled figure.

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 →

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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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2169
128 APPS · 35% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

35% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 47%
DISPOSITION45 / 83 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25.6 moart unit avg 24.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY48 moart unit avg 40 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility73% · art unit 57%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)52%
§103 — Obviousness89% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness45%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW55%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW19%+36 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 58 decided applications with an interview and 70 without.

◈ ART UNIT 2164
17 APPS · 41% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

41% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 62%
DISPOSITION7 / 10 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION28.4 moart unit avg 22.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY43.3 moart unit avg 43.4 mo
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Questions about Examiner Michele C Choi

  • What is Michele C Choi's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 36%, based on 52 allowed applications among 145 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Michele C Choi works across two art units (2164 and 2169) within Technology Center 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate apply to my application?
    This rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual results vary based on claim scope, prior art, and examination.
  • How many applications has this examiner decided?
    The public record shows 145 disposed applications, of which 52 were allowed and 93 were abandoned.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Michele C 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: 145 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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