Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Sung Il Cho, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as CHO, SUNG IL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2825

This examiner grants 91% of resolved cases

Analysis

CHO, SUNG IL works in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2825. The profile reports 605 resolved cases, with a 91.4% allowance rate and a median of 744 days to allowance. The interview lift is 8.5%, indicating a positive association with allowance outcomes.

Micron Technology Inc., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., and MediaTek Inc. are the listed leading companies. NORTH AMERICA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION, MERCHANT & GOULD P.C., and BERKELEY LAW & TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLP are the listed leading firms. Practitioners can use the timing measure when setting prosecution expectations.

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

Performance Statistics

91.4%
Allow Rate
+23.4% vs TC avg
643
Total Applications
+8.5%
Interview Lift
744
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 605 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
33.5%
§102 Novelty
41.5%
§103 Obviousness
12.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19005393 METHOD OF OPERATING NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18977717 Memory with Serialized Redundancy Interface Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19087374 SOURCE LINE CONFIGURATIONS FOR A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19062975 SINGLE PLATE CONFIGURATION AND MEMORY ARRAY OPERATION Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19036948 NAND ARRAY INDUCTORS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19005707 LAYOUTS FOR SENSE AMPLIFIERS AND RELATED APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18755062 PERFORMING DATA INTEGRITY CHECKS TO IDENTIFY DEFECTIVE WORDLINES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19096833 MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA KIOXIA CORPORATION
18739363 PRE-CHARGE SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING TIME-DIVISION PRE-CHARGE UPON BIT-LINE GROUPS OF MEMORY ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED PRE-CHARGE METHOD Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18444776 DUAL-RAIL MEMORY DEVICE WITH HIGH SPEED AND LOW POWER CONSUMPTION Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18444754 NEGATIVE BIT LINE CONTROL MECHANISM Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18371441 MEMORY WITH FLY-BITLINES THAT WORK WITH SINGLE-ENDED SENSING AND ASSOCIATED MEMORY ACCESS METHOD Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19176131 MANAGING PROGRAM OPERATIONS IN MEMORY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
19172193 OPERATING METHOD FOR A MEMORY, A MEMORY, AND A MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18942973 CIRCUITRY FOR ADJUSTING RETENTION VOLTAGE OF A STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (SRAM) Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
19059384 MEMORY DEVICE WITH ADDITIONAL WRITE BIT LINES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
19011055 MEMORY DEVICE WITH A BIAS CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18967206 MEMORY DEVICE WITH SIGNAL EDGE SHARPENER CIRCUITRY Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18937191 Circuitry for Power Management Assertion Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18769407 MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING DUAL CONTROL CIRCUITS Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
17120702 SRAM MEMORY HAVING SUBARRAYS WITH COMMON IO BLOCK Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
19176369 Pre-Charging Bit Lines Through Charge-Sharing Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited.
19044081 WORD LINE BIT IGNORE PARAMETERS IN A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18755149 CIRCUIT FOR MULTIPORT REGISTER FILE' Non-Final OA Arm Limited

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Sung Il Cho's allowance rate?

91.4% of resolved applications examined by Sung Il Cho were allowed (605 resolved cases), compared with 81.3% across Art Unit 2825 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Sung Il Cho?

This examiner's interview lift is +8.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Sung Il Cho take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Sung Il Cho took 744 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Sung Il Cho work in?

Sung Il Cho examines applications in Art Unit 2825 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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