Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA

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

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

Paul Sang Hwa Hyun is an examiner in Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1678, with 850 resolved cases. The examiner has an allowance rate of 69.6 percent, which serves as a baseline for applicants to gauge their chances of success. The median days to allowance is 1251, providing a clear expectation for the duration of the prosecution process.

The interview lift for this examiner is 36.6 percent, which is a significant figure compared to the 69.6 percent allowance rate. This lift suggests that applications involving an interview are much more likely to be allowed than those that do not. Given the 850 resolved cases, practitioners should consider the 36.6 percent lift as a primary tactical tool. In Art Unit 1678, the 69.6 percent allowance rate and 1251-day median pendency highlight an environment where direct engagement with the examiner can substantially improve the probability of a grant.

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

Performance Statistics

69.8%
Allow Rate
+4.8% vs TC avg
885
Total Applications
+36.5%
Interview Lift
1251
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 853 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
21.0%
§102 Novelty
41.4%
§103 Obviousness
32.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18700575 METHOD FOR THE QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF AN ELEMENT IN A PIECE Non-Final OA SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
18209980 LABORATORY AUTOMATION USING LABWARE MOVEMENT Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
18055064 Chromatography Baseline Stability Non-Final OA Dionex Corporation
18175885 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FLOW CELL ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
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
17912873 MOLDED MICROFLUIDIC SUBSTRATE HAVING MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18333347 INTERFERENCE MONITORING FOR PROVIDING A VERIFIED ANALYTE MEASUREMENT Final Rejection Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
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
18545923 BASE MODULE AND TRAY INSERT OF A MULTIPURPOSE TRAY FOR AN AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEM, MULTIPURPOSE TRAY FOR AN AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SIMPLIFIED LOADING/UNLOADING OF A MULTIPURPOSE TRAY INTO/FROM AN AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
18688730 METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CANCER, SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CANCER, AND METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA KEIO UNIVERSITY
18244816 VAPORIZATION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection JUUL Labs, Inc.
18453766 MULTIPLE HEATING ELEMENTS WITH SEPARATE VAPORIZABLE MATERIALS IN AN ELECTRIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE Final Rejection Juul Labs, Inc.
18186881 CONFIGURABLE ASSEMBLY FOR RETAINING AND DISPENSING LIQUIDS Final Rejection Evolution Design & Development LLC

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