Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Jonathan C Kim, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KIM, JONATHAN C

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2653 2655 2659 4100

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

This examiner handles work in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2653, with 372 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 73.9%, and the median time to allowance is 901 days. The record indicates a moderate-to-favorable allowance environment, with a median timeline that remains relevant to prosecution and product planning.

The interview lift is 38.5%, showing a substantial association between interviews and allowance outcomes. Applicants may benefit from a focused interview that links technical distinctions to a practical amendment path, followed by written confirmation. The leading companies are Google LLC, Optum Inc., and Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. The leading firms are Gray Ice Higdon, AMPACC Law Group, and CANTOR COLBURN LLP.

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

Performance Statistics

73.9%
Allow Rate
+13.9% vs TC avg
402
Total Applications
+38.5%
Interview Lift
901
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 372 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.4%
§101 Eligibility
11.9%
§102 Novelty
49.7%
§103 Obviousness
10.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19203991 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INVOKING DIGITAL ASSISTANTS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18817147 Debiasing Pre-trained Sentence Encoders With Probabilistic Dropouts Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18814060 SUPPLEMENTING VOICE INPUTS TO AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT ACCORDING TO SELECTED SUGGESTIONS Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18197573 GENERATING AND UPDATING A CUSTOM AUTOMATED ASSISTANT BASED ON A DOMAIN-SPECIFIC RESOURCE Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
19397858 Systems and Methods for Geometric Experiential Intelligence Non-Final OA AtomBeam Technologies Inc.
18622606 NON-SPEECH SOUND CONTROL WITH A HEARABLE DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
19017979 VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONAL COMPANION Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18989636 System and Method for Flowsheet Population Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19006055 Multi-Channel Intent Summarization Using Utterance Shift and Span Detection Non-Final OA OPTUM, INC.
18657327 PROMPT ENGINEERING AND IN-CONTEXT EXAMPLE SELECTION FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
19011705 ELECTRONICALLY PARSE COMPLICATED TABLE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18889695 METHOD OF RETRIEVING DATA, METHOD OF TRAINING DEEP LEARNING MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.
18626969 SENTIMENT ANALYSIS FOR CUSTOMERS OF A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Final Rejection BOOST SUBSCRIBERCO L.L.C.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Jonathan C Kim's allowance rate?

73.9% of resolved applications examined by Jonathan C Kim were allowed (372 resolved cases), compared with 75.1% across Art Unit 2653 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Jonathan C Kim?

This examiner's interview lift is +38.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Jonathan C Kim take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Jonathan C Kim took 901 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Jonathan C Kim work in?

Jonathan C Kim examines applications in Art Unit 2653 in Tech Center 4100.

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