Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Byungkwon Han, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as HAN, BYUNGKWON

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2121 2141 2433

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Analysis

HAN, BYUNGKWON has resolved 6 cases in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2121. The allowance rate is 33.3%, while the median time to allowance is 1348 days. The small record makes the outcome particularly sensitive to individual cases, and the timing supports planning for extended prosecution.

The interview lift is 62.5%, indicating a strong measured association between interviews and allowance in this limited record. Practitioners may consider a focused interview strategy, while avoiding assumptions that the result will apply uniformly across future applications. The listed companies are Capital One Services LLC, The Toronto-dominion Bank, and DocuSign Inc. The leading firms are BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD., COLLARD & ROE, P.C., and Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (HMC/KMC).

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

Performance Statistics

33.3%
Allow Rate
-24.7% vs TC avg
42
Total Applications
+62.5%
Interview Lift
1348
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 6 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.1%
§101 Eligibility
2.4%
§102 Novelty
41.4%
§103 Obviousness
21.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17526617 CASCADING META LEARNER TO ENHANCE FUNCTIONALITIES OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18639075 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING A WEIGHTING SCHEME FOR A DATASET Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18335907 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18136687 APPARATUS FOR TRAINING A PATH PREDICTION MODEL AND A METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
18736786 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION FROM KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS BASED ON QUERY CONTEXT Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
18309268 TIME SERIES FORECASTING Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17934261 SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17557665 FEATURE DEPRECATION ARCHITECTURES FOR NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection PayPal, Inc.
17726887 PRE-DEPLOYMENT VALIDATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE TOPOLOGY Non-Final OA Kyndryl, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Byungkwon Han's allowance rate?

33.3% of resolved applications examined by Byungkwon Han were allowed (6 resolved cases), compared with 32.0% across Art Unit 2121 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Byungkwon Han?

This examiner's interview lift is +62.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Byungkwon Han take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Byungkwon Han took 1,348 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Byungkwon Han work in?

Byungkwon Han examines applications in Art Unit 2121 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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