Listed by the USPTO as KIM, ANDREW SANG
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3668
This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases
This examiner works in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 3668, with 194 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 84.0%, and the median time to allowance is 861 days. The available record indicates generally favorable allowance outcomes, while the resolved-case total is more limited than the history of a high-volume examiner.
The interview lift is 5.0%, showing a modest association between interviews and allowance outcomes. Interviews may assist with clarification, but the data supports maintaining primary attention on claim presentation and written prosecution. The leading companies are Toyota Motor Corporation, Denso Corporation, and Robert Bosch GmbH. The leading firms are Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, AEON Law, and CARRIER SHENDE AND ASSOCIATES.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19216392 | METHOD FOR AT LEAST PARTIALLY AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE AS WELL AS MOTOR VEHICLE | Non-Final OA | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 19006982 | VEHICLE PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18742981 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AN UPSTREAM MESSAGE IN A COOPERATIVE VEHICLE PLATOON | Non-Final OA | TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 18960310 | PRIVACY PROTECTION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. |
| 18958792 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A KINETIC ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM | Final Rejection | VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION |
| 18958681 | MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM AND MATERIAL SUPPLY METHOD | Non-Final OA | Kubota Corporation |
| 19259036 | CHECK DEVICE AND CHECK METHOD | Non-Final OA | DENSO CORPORATION |
| 18655814 | VEHICULAR CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICULAR CONTROL METHOD | Non-Final OA | DENSO CORPORATION |
| 19483072 | SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | RIKEN |
| 18867853 | CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE METHOD | Non-Final OA | KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. |
| 19193372 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COOPERATION IN THE COORDINATION OF DRIVING MANEUVERS | Non-Final OA | Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH |
| 19095336 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS | Final Rejection | Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd. |
| 18699562 | INTRUSION PROTECTED USER INTERFACE AND FUNCTIONALITY FOR VEHICLE USING EMBEDDED CONTROLLER | Non-Final OA | Tesla, Inc. |
| 19152496 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING VIRTUAL META MAP USING SPATIAL DATA ACQUIRED BY INTELLIGENT INDOOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT | Non-Final OA | INTEGRIT INC. |
| 19106017 | CONTROL DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. |
| 18459358 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE PROPULSION CONTROL | Non-Final OA | BorgWarner US Technologies LLC |
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Build Your Strategy84.0% of resolved applications examined by Andrew Sang Kim were allowed (194 resolved cases), compared with 66.1% across Art Unit 3668 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +5.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Andrew Sang Kim took 861 days on average from filing to allowance.
Andrew Sang Kim examines applications in Art Unit 3668 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).
