Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 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
18175885 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FLOW CELL ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18494218 ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE Non-Final OA Altria Client Services LLC
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.
17912873 MOLDED MICROFLUIDIC SUBSTRATE HAVING MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18333347 INTERFERENCE MONITORING FOR PROVIDING A VERIFIED ANALYTE MEASUREMENT Final Rejection Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
18055064 Chromatography Baseline Stability Non-Final OA Dionex Corporation
17764686 PLATELET RELEASE SYSTEM AND PLATELET RELEASE METHOD Final Rejection UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG
18592264 SAMPLE PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA UNIQ BIOTECH LTD.
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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