Examiner Ka Shan Choy

Grant ratio: 83.5% (68th percentile in Art Unit 2435 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.42. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: July 2026
Grant ratio 83.5%
Average office actions / grant 1.42
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
93851
Primary art unit
2435
Work group
2430
Technology center
2400
Applications
284
Granted applications
237
Examiner phone
(571) 272-1569
Supervisor
Amir Mehrmanesh
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-3351

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 23 65.2% 1.67
Group 233 61.7% 1.99
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.41 401 office actions across 284 applications
Applications with office actions 99.6% 283 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.4%
1 OA 205 72.2%
2 OAs 50 17.6%
3 OAs 19 6.7%
4 OAs 6 2.1%
5+ OAs 3 1.1%

Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2018: 91.7% 2018 2019: 91.7% 2019 2020: 97.0% 2020 2021: 94.6% 2021 2022: 91.7% 2022 2023: 95.3% 2023 2024: 93.3% 2024 2025: 40.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2018121191.7%
2019363391.7%
2020333297.0%
2021373594.6%
2022363391.7%
2023434195.3%
2024454293.3%
2025251040.0%
20261700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 283 5.7% 4.9% 62.5% 17.0%
Action 2 78 2.6% 0.0% 87.2% 6.4%
Action 3 28 0.0% 0.0% 92.9% 7.1%
Action 4 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 7.5% 9 of 120 office actions
All years 4.5% 18 of 401 office actions
Change +3.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
11.4%
7.1%
2024: AI examples
7.8%
2025: August memo
9.4%
5.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.

Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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