Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: BAEK, BONG-SOOK

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1611 1614 1621 1624 1627 1629 1693

This examiner grants 42% of resolved cases

Analysis

Bong-Sook Baek serves in Art Unit 1611 of Tech Center 1600. The examiner has 923 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 41.7 percent. The median days to allowance is 1140, reflecting a challenging path to grant. These 923 resolved cases provide a robust data set for evaluating the examiner's performance in Art Unit 1611.

The interview lift is 69.9 percent, which is an exceptionally high increase over the 41.7 percent baseline allowance rate. This suggests that interviews are almost essential for success, as they provide a massive boost to the probability of grant. Practitioners should prioritize interviews to navigate the 1140-day median pendency and improve their chances of success. The 69.9 percent lift is the most significant metric in this profile, indicating that verbal advocacy is highly productive. Applicants can use the 1140-day median to set expectations for their timeline in Tech Center 1600 while relying on the 69.9 percent lift.

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

Performance Statistics

41.7%
Allow Rate
-18.3% vs TC avg
969
Total Applications
+69.9%
Interview Lift
1140
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 923 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.2%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
37.4%
§103 Obviousness
23.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18746791 NANOMATERIALS COMPRISING TETRAVALENT LIPID COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Beam Therapeutics Inc.
18668774 METHODS OF TREATING CANCER WITH PI3K INHIBITOR, GDC-0077 Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
18696604 HAIR CARE COMPOSITIONS, METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED CURLS DEFINITION TO THE HAIR AND METHOD OF TREATING HAIR Final Rejection L'OREAL
18907757 COMBINATIONS COMPRISING BREXPIPRAZOLE OR A SALT THEREOF AND A SECOND DRUG FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF A CNS DISORDER Non-Final OA OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18830475 TABLETS COMPRISING 2-HYDROXY-6-((2-(1-ISOPROPYL-1H-PYRAZOL-5-YL)PYRIDIN-3-YL)METHOXY)BENZALDEHYDE Non-Final OA Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.
18801886 Cardiosafe Antidiabetic Therapy Final Rejection Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
18024679 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING, AMELIORATING, OR TREATING BRAIN DAMAGE AND MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT COMPRISING GLUTAMINE AS EFFECTIVE COMPONENT Non-Final OA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
18321965 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING BREAST CANCER COMPRISING COMPOUND DERIVED FROM DENDROPANAX MORBIFERUS Non-Final OA JEJU NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION

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