Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Insun Kang, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KANG, INSUN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2193 2198

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

KANG, INSUN is assigned to tech center 2100 and art unit 2193. The profile records 677 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 78.6%, and a median of 1265 days to allowance. The interview lift is 39.6%, showing a meaningful positive association with allowance outcomes. The figures support treating interview preparation as a substantive part of prosecution planning.

The listed companies are Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, and Qualcomm Incorporated. Listed firms include Dority & Manning, P.A. and Red Hat, Inc., Invoke, and Patent Capital Group - McAfee, LLC. The case volume supports examining patterns across a sizeable history. Applicants should pair interview planning with realistic expectations for the recorded prosecution duration.

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

Performance Statistics

78.6%
Allow Rate
+23.6% vs TC avg
695
Total Applications
+39.6%
Interview Lift
1265
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 677 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.8%
§101 Eligibility
20.2%
§102 Novelty
36.9%
§103 Obviousness
19.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18752317 Usage-Based Optimization Of Software Configurations Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18749437 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMPLIFYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18523552 CODE GENERATION USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18570677 Apparatuses, Devices, Methods and Computer Programs for Providing and Executing Code Written in a Dynamic Script Language Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18778856 SEMI-SUPERVISED TRANSLATION OFSOURCE CODE PROGRAMS USING NEURAL TRANSFORMERS Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
18737777 CONTENT GENERATION BASED ON DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE DOMAINS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18633365 AI-BASED GENERATION OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM USING COMPILER-GATHERED SEMANTIC INFORMATION ABOUT TARGET CODE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
16539989 PERFORMING MATRIX OPERATIONS IN NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17871309 RUNTIME GUIDED OPTIMIZATION OF BUSINESS ASSET COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Insun Kang's allowance rate?

78.6% of resolved applications examined by Insun Kang were allowed (677 resolved cases), compared with 70.7% across Art Unit 2193 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Insun Kang?

This examiner's interview lift is +39.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Insun Kang take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Insun Kang took 1,265 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Insun Kang work in?

Insun Kang examines applications in Art Unit 2193 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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