Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KIM, EUN HWA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2831 3739 3794

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

Eun Hwa Kim, an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 2831, has 530 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 72.3, and the median days to allowance is 1307. These figures show the success rate and the timeline for obtaining a patent. The 1307-day median is a piece of data for practitioners to use when managing expectations regarding the speed of the prosecution.

The interview lift is 38.3, suggesting that direct engagement is effective with this examiner. This lift provides a boost to the 72.3 allowance rate, making verbal advocacy a strategy for applicants. With 530 resolved cases, the data supports the use of interviews to navigate the 1307-day median pendency. Practitioners who engage in an interview can improve their chances of success and move their cases toward a resolution more effectively than by relying on the written record alone.

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

Performance Statistics

72.3%
Allow Rate
+2.3% vs TC avg
551
Total Applications
+38.3%
Interview Lift
1307
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 530 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
15.0%
§102 Novelty
48.3%
§103 Obviousness
24.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19030570 Wearable Electronic Device with Electrodes for Sensing Biological Parameters Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18118930 Wearable Electronic Device with Electrodes for Sensing Biological Parameters Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18754429 MULTI-ELECTRODE IMPEDANCE SENSING Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
18873169 SOFT WIRELESS WEARABLE SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SLEEP QUALITY AND DISORDERS Non-Final OA GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
18294710 POSITIONING OF A SENSOR PATCH Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18971644 MULTISCALE BRAIN ELECTRODE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR USING THE MULTISCALE BRAIN ELECTRODES Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18466398 CATHETER SYSTEM FOR LEFT HEART ACCESS Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18971441 DETECTION OF SHORT-CIRCUITED ELECTRODES IN MAPPING CATHETERS Non-Final OA BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
18368785 WEARABLE ELECTRONIC GARMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME Final Rejection Battelle Memorial Institute
17946115 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS Non-Final OA Battelle Memorial Institute
18879035 BIOLOGICAL SENSOR Non-Final OA NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
19058657 MONOLITHIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL NEURAL PROBES Non-Final OA Trustees of Dartmouth College
17997329 SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY AND POLYMER ELECTRODE ARRAY FOR MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN STIMULATION AND RECORDING Final Rejection Rhode Island Hospital

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