Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Sun Jong Kim, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KIM, SUN JONG

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2469

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

KIM, SUN JONG works in tech center 2400 and art unit 2469. The profile covers 296 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 80.4%. The median time to allowance is 986 days, and interviews are associated with a 33.8% lift.

Qualcomm Incorporated, LG Electronics Inc., and Apple Inc. are the leading companies in the record. The leading firms are LEE, HONG, DEGERMAN, KANG & WAIMEY, ArentFox Schiff, LLP and Qualcomm, Incorporated, and BROADVIEW IP LAW, PC. The interview measure supports considering examiner engagement as part of prosecution planning. The recorded timing provides a separate basis for setting expectations about allowance-related milestones.

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

Performance Statistics

80.4%
Allow Rate
+22.4% vs TC avg
342
Total Applications
+33.8%
Interview Lift
986
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 296 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
56.5%
§103 Obviousness
26.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17914848 Control of Reliability Target based Transmissions on LBT Carriers Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18868128 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING INHERITANCE-BASED INFORMATION IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18861557 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MEASUREMENT PREDICTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18838173 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY TRANSMITTING SUBCHANNEL BASED ON TARGET WAKE TIME IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18721025 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18575215 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PUCCH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18882337 OPTIMIZED CAG CELL SELECTION SIM COMMANDS WITH CAG CELL SELECTION Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18735115 RESOURCE BLOCK RESTRICTIONS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18654350 Systems and Methods for Multi-PUSCH Configured Grant Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19179400 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19001056 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18632839 SIDELINK COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18606964 FULL-DUPLEX COLLISION HANDLING AND BEAM PAIRING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18550811 RADIO LINK MONITORING REFERENCE SIGNAL SELECTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18461772 HANDLING DOWNLINK MESSAGES AT CONNECTED DEVICES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18273471 TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLICIT PATHLOSS REFERENCE SIGNALING IN TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATORS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18265886 MESSAGE TRANSMISSION VIA NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18020413 ENABLEMENT RELATION RULE FOR BEAM INDICATION SCHEMES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18282946 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17759960 TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18840997 TERMINAL DEVICES AND BASE STATION DEVICES Final Rejection Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18858488 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18882706 METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING RADIO FREQUENCY EXPOSURE AMONG MULTIPLE RADIO FREQUENCY GROUPS AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL CIRCUIT Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18930420 SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18395517 TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18137381 BEAM REPORTING METHOD, BEAM INFORMATION DETERMINING METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18786344 Adaptive Channel Aging Detection to Determine Channel Sounding Intervals Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18729089 METHOD OF OPERATING A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
18434269 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ISOLATION OF TX-RX DUPLEXERS BY DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE Final Rejection Qorvo US, Inc.
18682115 TA-BASED SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, AND DEVICE, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Sun Jong Kim's allowance rate?

80.4% of resolved applications examined by Sun Jong Kim were allowed (296 resolved cases), compared with 80.6% across Art Unit 2469 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Sun Jong Kim?

This examiner's interview lift is +33.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Sun Jong Kim take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Sun Jong Kim took 986 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Sun Jong Kim work in?

Sun Jong Kim examines applications in Art Unit 2469 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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