Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LEE, EUNICE SOMIN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2656 2658

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner EUNICE SOMIN LEE operates within Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2656. The examiner has managed 45 resolved cases. The observed allowance rate is 88.9 percent, reflecting the frequency of patent grants among all applications that reach a final disposition. This percentage serves as a baseline for understanding the current prosecution environment under this examiner in Art Unit 2656.

The median days to allowance is 955. This value measures the typical time from the initial filing of an application to the eventual issuance of a patent. Practitioners can use the 955 days figure to estimate the duration of the examination phase. This timeline is a critical factor for strategic planning for cases assigned to Tech Center 2600.

An interview lift of 25.7 percent is recorded for this profile. This metric indicates the difference in allowance outcomes between cases that included an interview and those that did not. A lift of 25.7 percent suggests that direct engagement with the examiner is a factor in the probability of a grant. With 45 resolved cases, these data points provide a factual summary of the examiner's historical performance.

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

Performance Statistics

88.9%
Allow Rate
+26.9% vs TC avg
57
Total Applications
+25.7%
Interview Lift
955
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 45 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.7%
§101 Eligibility
6.5%
§102 Novelty
67.7%
§103 Obviousness
1.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18842325 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18961655 CONTENT MODERATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18961822 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING LANGUAGE MODEL-BASED TEXT-TO-SPEECH (TTS) WITH PREFERENCE ALIGNMENT ALGORITHMS Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18961777 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRADUAL SPEECH ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION: LEVERAGING CODEC MODULES FOR IMPROVED DE-NOISING AND DEREVERBERATION Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
19059802 DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING MULTI-CHANNEL INPUT VOICE INDEPENDENT ON MICROPHONE ARRAY FORM AND LEARNING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18317703 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO BUILD ONEQG: A UNIFIED QUESTION GENERATION SYSTEM ACROSS MODALITIES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18066713 AUDIO INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18747753 LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL ASSISTANCE FOR CHARGED-PARTICLE MICROSCOPE OPERATION Final Rejection FEI Company
18747764 LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL ASSISTANCE FOR CHARGED-PARTICLE MICROSCOPE OPERATION Final Rejection FEI Company

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