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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Yewon Kim, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KIM, YEWON

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2418 2462 2465

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Analysis

KIM, YEWON is assigned to tech center 2400 and art unit 2418. The profile contains 88 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 87.5%. The median time to allowance is 1105 days, and interviews are associated with a 12.0% lift.

The listed companies are Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and Qualcomm Incorporated. The leading firms are FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, FIG. 1 Patents, and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast. Because the resolved-case record is limited, practitioners should treat the outcome measures as a focused record. The timing and interview measures still provide useful inputs for application-specific planning.

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

Performance Statistics

87.5%
Allow Rate
+29.5% vs TC avg
106
Total Applications
+12.0%
Interview Lift
1105
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 88 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
34.7%
§102 Novelty
48.0%
§103 Obviousness
13.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18860424 Staggered Time Slots for Access Attempts Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18358361 Communication Method and Communication Apparatus Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18701861 ENHANCED POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL PROCESSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18862825 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR S-SSB TRANSMISSION IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18848401 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CANCELING MULTI-CARRIER REAL SELF-INTERFERENCE Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18771915 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND ENERGY SUPPLY NODE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18903508 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18305225 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18833923 NETWORK ENERGY SAVING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Yewon Kim's allowance rate?

87.5% of resolved applications examined by Yewon Kim were allowed (88 resolved cases), compared with 89.8% across Art Unit 2418 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Yewon Kim?

This examiner's interview lift is +12.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Yewon Kim take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Yewon Kim took 1,105 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Yewon Kim work in?

Yewon Kim examines applications in Art Unit 2418 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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