Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KWON, JUN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2127 2144 2164

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jun Kwon is an examiner in Tech Center 2100, working within Art Unit 2127. He has resolved 78 cases to date. The allowance rate is 41.0 percent, which is relatively low and indicates a challenging prosecution environment. Applicants should be prepared for a rigorous examination and a higher probability of rejection. The 41.0 percent rate suggests that the examiner is strict in their review of patent applications.

The interview lift is 47.2 percent, which is quite high. This indicates that interviews are a very effective strategy for overcoming rejections and securing an allowance. The median time to allowance is 1708 days. This is a very long duration, so practitioners should prepare their clients for an extended prosecution cycle. Given the 47.2 percent lift, an interview is a critical tool for navigating the 1708 days of median pendency. Practitioners should prioritize direct communication to resolve technical disagreements and improve the odds of a grant. The data shows that while the baseline allowance rate is low, the examiner is very responsive to oral advocacy. Persistent engagement will be key to success with this examiner.

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

Performance Statistics

41.0%
Allow Rate
-14.0% vs TC avg
108
Total Applications
+47.2%
Interview Lift
1708
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 78 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

28.0%
§101 Eligibility
9.0%
§102 Novelty
48.5%
§103 Obviousness
13.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18014703 NEURAL NETWORK-BASED COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17872096 COMPUTATION APPARATUS, NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM,NEURON MODEL APPARATUS, COMPUTATION METHOD AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18733518 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRAINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED MODELS USING LIMITED LABELED DATA Non-Final OA MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
17334162 IMAGE-BASED ANOMALY DETECTION BASED ON A MACHINE LEARNING ANALYSIS OF AN OBJECT Non-Final OA ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17664447 LEARNING FEATURE IMPORTANCE FOR IMPROVED VISUAL EXPLANATION Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18625571 Domain-Specific Generative Model for Generating News Content Items Non-Final OA Google LLC
18425193 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING EVALUATION PROGRAM, EVALUATION METHOD, AND ACCURACY EVALUATION DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18689823 DYNAMIC REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18758848 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
17505422 NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING UNIT FOR HYBRID AND MIXED PRECISION COMPUTING Final Rejection MediaTek Inc.
18454106 ONLINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLVING CONTEXT-ATTENTIVE COMBINATORIAL BANDIT WITH OBSERVATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
16397919 PERFORMING A HIERARCHICAL SIMPLIFICATION OF LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18710297 FUTURE STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA HITACHI, LTD.
18067925 ESTIMATING EFFECTS WITH LATENT REPRESENTATIONS Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
17404707 MACHINE LEARNING CONSOLIDATION Final Rejection Raytheon Company
18625858 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUANTUM SECURE FEDERATED LEARNING (FL) IN DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
16392366 NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING Final Rejection Arm Limited
18430914 SEMANTIC MODERATION OF CONVERSATIONAL AGENTS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
16667696 EXPLANATION REPORTING BASED ON DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ITEMS IN DIFFERENT DATA GROUPS Final Rejection Feedzai - Consultadoria e Inovação Tecnológica, S.A.
17159868 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS THAT GENERATE CLUSTER-SPECIFIC TEMPORAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR TIME SERIES DATA IN COMPUTER NETWORKS Final Rejection The Bank of New York Mellon
18603346 METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONVERTING NON-GRAPH BASED ANN MODEL TO GRAPH BASED ANN MODEL Non-Final OA DEEPX CO., LTD.
17993628 MEASURING SIMULATION REALISM Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18162116 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING PREDICTIVE MODELS ON SEQUENTIAL DATA USING 1-DIMENSIONAL CONVOLUTIONAL LAYERS IN A BLIND LEARNING APPROACH Final Rejection TripleBlind, Inc.

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