Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CHOI, DAVID E

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2148 2165 2173 2174

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

David E Choi serves in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2148, with 619 resolved cases. The examiner has an allowance rate of 75.9%, providing a solid baseline for patent applicants. The interview lift is 11.9%, showing that interviews provide a meaningful increase in the probability of allowance over the 75.9% baseline. This indicates that verbal advocacy is a useful strategy for moving applications toward a grant in this examiner's queue.

The median days to allowance is 1089, reflecting the typical timeline for the 619 resolved cases in this examiner's portfolio. Practitioners should consider the 11.9% interview lift as a useful strategy to improve upon the 75.9% allowance rate. This approach can help manage the 1089-day prosecution cycle in Art Unit 2148. The 75.9% allowance rate remains a strong positive indicator for patent seekers. Attorneys can use these metrics from Tech Center 2100 to develop a targeted prosecution strategy.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

75.9%
Allow Rate
+20.9% vs TC avg
624
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
1089
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 619 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.7%
§101 Eligibility
18.1%
§102 Novelty
67.6%
§103 Obviousness
1.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18315083 USER INTERFACES FOR NAVIGATION OF KNOWLEDGE GRAPH SOURCE DATA Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18741429 THIRD-PARTY MODIFICATIONS FOR A CAMERA USER INTERFACE Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
18374905 SAMPLING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS WITH EQUIVALENCE CHECKING Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18206987 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANT Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18312868 METHOD AND PROCESSING UNIT FOR GENERATING AN OUTPUT FEATURE MAP Final Rejection Arm Limited
18372120 KNOWLEDGE GRAPH ACQUISITION FRAMEWORKS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18767532 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION FOR INSTALLED ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL COVERINGS Non-Final OA Hunter Douglas Inc.

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