Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2118 2142 2144

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

Mong-Shune Chung works in Art Unit 2118 within Tech Center 2100. The examiner has 410 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 76.3 percent. This rate suggests a favorable outlook for patent applicants, with a majority of cases reaching a successful conclusion.

The interview lift is 22.5 percent, showing that interviews provide a boost to the probability of success over the 76.3 percent base rate. While the base allowance rate is already high, engaging in an interview further improves the chances of securing a grant. This suggests the examiner is open to discussing and resolving issues through direct communication.

The median days to allowance is 974. This timeline indicates the prosecution speed for allowed applications. Practitioners can use this 974 day figure to estimate the time required to move from filing to a patent grant when working with this examiner. These figures provide a data-grounded foundation for practitioners to develop an effective prosecution strategy when working with this examiner.

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

Performance Statistics

76.3%
Allow Rate
+21.3% vs TC avg
421
Total Applications
+22.5%
Interview Lift
974
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 410 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.7%
§101 Eligibility
16.0%
§102 Novelty
43.6%
§103 Obviousness
23.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18908262 CONTROLLING A DEVICE BASED ON PROCESSING OF IMAGE DATA THAT CAPTURES THE DEVICE AND/OR AN INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENT OF THE DEVICE Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18861160 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTENT SHARING Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18744394 IMPROVED AIR-COOLING FOR RESOURCE COMPONENTS OF DATA CENTER DEVICES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18219002 CONTEXTUALIZED TERMINOLOGY REPLACEMENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18592761 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORKSITE DYNAMIC CHARGING Final Rejection Caterpillar Inc.
18817832 BUILDING CHILLER/HEAT PUMP SYSTEM CARBON EMISSION REDUCTION BY SHIFTING TEMPERATURE SETPOINT Non-Final OA CARRIER CORPORATION
18727082 METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A CONTROL NETWORK, AND CONTROL NETWORK, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
18731672 EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18750173 POWER GRID SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ZONAL AUTONOMOUS CONTROL Non-Final OA GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
18626653 LEARNING CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL POLICIES FOR MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Universita Della Svizzera Italiana

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