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Examiner Andrew Chung Cheung Lee

TECH CENTER 2400 · 3 ART UNITS · 739 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUL 2021
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
80%vs 76% weighted peer average+4 pts

Examiner Andrew Chung Cheung Lee has allowed 594 of 739 decided applications.

594 allowed
145 abandoned
No applications pending.
The weighted peer average (76%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 22, 2026
AU 2411 · 83%AU 2476 · 81%AU 2419 · 48%

What the data says.reading this examiner

Andrew Chung Cheung Lee maintains a pooled allowance rate of 80% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2400. His record spans three art units (2411, 2419, and 2476). The allowance rate—the share of decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) that resulted in allowance—represents his aggregate performance across these art units. Allowance rates across his art units range from 48% to 83%, reflecting variation in the composition of applications and outcomes within each unit's distinct subject matter.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates decided applications across multiple art units within TC 2400. The 80% overall figure describes past outcomes and does not constitute a prediction about any specific pending application. The range of 48% to 83% across art units indicates that performance varies by art unit; individual applications may be examined under different art units with different historical rates. Pooled statistics provide context for the examiner's overall record but do not forecast results in particular cases.

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 →

The record, art unit by art unit.3 art units

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 2411
540 APPS · 83% ALLOWANCE

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

83%
higher than about 44% of the 25 examiners with published rates in art unit 2411
AU avg 76%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 25 examiners with published rates in art unit 2411; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average.

Disposition540 decided applications

447 allowed
93 abandoned
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 17.6mo
disposed 33.2mo
0
36mo
Art-unit average: first action 21 mo, disposed 38.4 mo.

Rejection groundsexaminer ● vs art-unit average ○

REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility
AU 26
21%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
43%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 86
74%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
60%

Interview benefit

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

without
81%
+5 pts
with
86%

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 206 decided applications with an interview and 334 without.

ART UNIT 2476
155 APPS · 81% ALLOWANCE

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

81%
higher than about 44% of the 25 examiners with published rates in art unit 2476
AU avg 82%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 25 examiners with published rates in art unit 2476; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average.

Disposition155 decided applications

126 allowed
29 abandoned
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 30mo
disposed 50mo
0
60mo
Art-unit average: first action 23.6 mo, disposed 39 mo.

Rejection groundsexaminer ● vs art-unit average ○

REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility
AU 19
21%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
52%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 82
76%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
52%

Interview benefit

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

without
76%
+15 pts
with
91%

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 55 decided applications with an interview and 100 without.

ART UNIT 2419
44 APPS · 48% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

48%
higher than about 31% of the 129 examiners with published rates in art unit 2419
AU avg 58%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 129 examiners with published rates in art unit 2419; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average.

Disposition44 decided applications

21 allowed
23 abandoned
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 34.8mo
disposed 50.1mo
0
60mo
Art-unit average: first action 31.1 mo, disposed 44.4 mo.
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Questions about Examiner Andrew Chung Cheung Lee

  • What is Andrew Chung Cheung Lee's overall allowance rate?
    His pooled allowance rate is 80% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2400, meaning 80% of his decided applications (allowed and abandoned) resulted in allowance.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Andrew Chung Cheung Lee has a substantial record across three art units: 2411, 2419, and 2476, all within TC 2400.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across his art units?
    Yes. Allowance rates across his art units range from 48% to 83%, indicating variation in outcomes by art unit. The 80% pooled figure aggregates all three units.
  • What does this pooled data tell me about my application?
    This record describes past outcomes. It is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome and does not account for the particular facts, claims, or art cited in any individual case.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Andrew Chung Cheung Lee has a public record within Technology Center 2400. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated July 22, 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: 739 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

Lynch LLP is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Examiner statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data.

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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