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Examiner Woo H Choi

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 151 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAR 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Woo H Choi has allowed 119 of 151 decided applications (79%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

79% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2189 · 79%AU 2186 · 79%
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What the data says.

Examiner Woo H Choi maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning 2 art units. Across 151 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 119 and abandoned 32, yielding an allowance rate of 79%. This rate reflects decided cases only and does not include pending applications. The examiner's practice covers multiple art-unit areas within TC 2100, and the 79% figure represents the pooled outcome across all assignments in this technology center.

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This record is a pooled aggregate across multiple art units within TC 2100. Pooled figures describe the examiner's past decisions across all assigned art units combined, not the outcome of any single application. An allowance rate is historical and reflects applications already decided; it is not a prediction about how any particular new case will be examined or disposed.

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 2189
103 APPS · 79% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

79% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 77%
DISPOSITION81 / 22 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.8 moart unit avg 26.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY38.2 moart unit avg 39 mo
ART UNIT 2186
48 APPS · 79% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

79% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 72%
DISPOSITION38 / 10 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION21.4 moart unit avg 22.9 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY34.2 moart unit avg 35 mo
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Questions about Examiner Woo H Choi

  • What is Examiner Choi's allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 79%, based on 119 allowed applications out of 151 disposed (allowed plus abandoned) applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Examiner Choi is assigned to 2 art units (2186 and 2189) within TC 2100. This record pools outcomes across both.
  • What does 'disposed' mean in this record?
    Disposed applications are those that have received a final decision—either allowed or abandoned. Pending applications are excluded from the allowance-rate calculation.
  • Does the allowance rate predict my application's outcome?
    No. The allowance rate is a summary of past decisions and does not predict the disposition of any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Woo H 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: 151 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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