Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HAN, BYUNGKWON

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2121 2141 2433

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Analysis

Byungkwon Han serves as an examiner in Art Unit 2121 within Tech Center 2400. The examiner has 5 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 40.0 percent. This small sample size provides an early indication of the prosecution environment for applications in this computer architecture or software technology area. The 40.0 percent allowance rate suggests a challenging path to grant for initial filings.

The median days to allowance for these cases is 1367. This duration indicates that successful applications may face a lengthy prosecution process before reaching a final grant. Practitioners should account for this 1367-day timeline when advising clients on patent strategy and potential delays in the 2400 Tech Center. The figure serves as a baseline for pendency expectations in this specific art unit.

The data highlights an interview lift of 53.3 percent. This is a substantial figure, suggesting that interviews are a highly effective mechanism for advancing prosecution and securing an allowance. Even with only 5 resolved cases, the 53.3 percent lift points toward a strong correlation between direct examiner engagement and positive outcomes. Applicants may find that a formal discussion is the most efficient way to overcome rejections and improve the 40.0 percent baseline allowance rate.

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
33
Total Applications
+62.5%
Interview Lift
1347
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 6 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

27.7%
§101 Eligibility
2.1%
§102 Novelty
50.8%
§103 Obviousness
19.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17824558 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION EFFICIENT FEDERATED LEARNING WITH GLOBAL MODEL COMPRESSION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18639075 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING A WEIGHTING SCHEME FOR A DATASET Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
17526617 CASCADING META LEARNER TO ENHANCE FUNCTIONALITIES OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18136687 APPARATUS FOR TRAINING A PATH PREDICTION MODEL AND A METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
17557665 FEATURE DEPRECATION ARCHITECTURES FOR NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection PayPal, Inc.
18413589 USING A RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK AND A CLASSIFICATION MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO PREDICT ACTIONS IN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA INTUIT INC.
18335907 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18309268 TIME SERIES FORECASTING Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17934261 SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18542375 AUTOMATED LABEL GENERATION USING A MACHINE-LEARNED LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA Maplebear Inc.
18719076 EXPLAINABLE MACHINE LEARNING BASED ON WAVELET ANALYSIS Non-Final OA EQUIFAX INC.
18736786 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION FROM KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS BASED ON QUERY CONTEXT Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
17726887 PRE-DEPLOYMENT VALIDATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE TOPOLOGY Non-Final OA Kyndryl, Inc.
18610222 SELF-LEARNING OF RELEVANCY METRICS FOR PERCEPTION RELATED APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD

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