Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1678 1772 1796 1797 1798 1799

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.7%
Allow Rate
+4.7% vs TC avg
883
Total Applications
+36.4%
Interview Lift
1251
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 846 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
21.1%
§102 Novelty
41.0%
§103 Obviousness
32.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17986559 APPLYING A LAYERED APPROACH TO DETERMINING MOLECULAR RETROSYNTHETIC ROUTE USING A NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18579317 MULTI-SCALE, NANO- TO MESOSTRUCTURAL ENGINEERING OF SILK BIOPOLYMER-INTERLAYER BIOSENSORS FOR CONTINUOUS CO-MONITORING OF NUTRIENTS IN FOOD Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18700575 METHOD FOR THE QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF AN ELEMENT IN A PIECE Non-Final OA SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
18020683 Biochemical Analysis Device, Reaction Unit, and Cassette Guide Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18264690 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING A TISSUE SECTION Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
18449351 HIGH-THROUGHPUT IMAGING PLATFORM Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17912873 MOLDED MICROFLUIDIC SUBSTRATE HAVING MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18055064 Chromatography Baseline Stability Non-Final OA Dionex Corporation

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