Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Justin Ye Lee, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as LEE, JUSTIN YE

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2415 2617 2644

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

LEE, JUSTIN YE is a USPTO examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2415. The profile covers 722 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 80.3%. Its median time to allowance is 1161 days, indicating that prosecution outcomes should be evaluated alongside a substantial examination timeline.

Interviews are associated with a 10.7% lift in this dataset. Lenovo, Samsung Electronics, and Google are the leading listed companies, while AMPACC Law Group, FIG. 1 Patents, and FOLEY & LARDNER are the leading listed firms. Practitioners handling work before this examiner can use these entities as signals of the technology and representation patterns appearing in the record.

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

Performance Statistics

80.3%
Allow Rate
+18.3% vs TC avg
736
Total Applications
+10.7%
Interview Lift
1161
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 722 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.7%
§101 Eligibility
15.4%
§102 Novelty
56.4%
§103 Obviousness
14.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18569871 BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18711781 METHODS AND WIRELESS NETWORK FOR MANAGING PAGING OPERATION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18836647 MANAGING A SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION IN MOBILITY SCENARIOS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18927440 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18819763 CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION OF MESSAGES FROM RESTRICTED DEVICES Non-Final OA LENOVO (SINGAPORE) Pte Limited
18667815 USER PLANE ENHANCEMENTS TO AVOID TRANSMISSION OF OUTDATED DATA UNITS Non-Final OA LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LIMITED
18936722 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Justin Ye Lee's allowance rate?

80.3% of resolved applications examined by Justin Ye Lee were allowed (722 resolved cases), compared with 75.0% across Art Unit 2415 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Justin Ye Lee?

This examiner's interview lift is +10.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Justin Ye Lee take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Justin Ye Lee took 1,161 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Justin Ye Lee work in?

Justin Ye Lee examines applications in Art Unit 2415 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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