Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2116 2175 2186

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Analysis

Paul Juei-Fu Yen is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2116. The examiner has a record of 426 resolved cases. These cases have resulted in an allowance rate of 76.8 percent. This percentage reflects the frequency of grants for applications undergoing review by this examiner.

The median days to allowance is 1097. This duration provides a benchmark for the expected length of the prosecution process. The interview lift is 24.3 percent. This lift indicates that interviews are associated with a higher probability of allowance relative to the 76.8 percent baseline rate.

Practitioners in Art Unit 2116 should consider the 24.3 percent interview lift when developing their strategy. The 1097 days to allowance offers a clear expectation for the timeline of a successful application. With 426 resolved cases, the examiner has a history within Tech Center 2100 that can inform prosecution decisions.

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

Performance Statistics

76.8%
Allow Rate
+21.8% vs TC avg
452
Total Applications
+24.3%
Interview Lift
1097
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 426 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.4%
§101 Eligibility
11.4%
§102 Novelty
63.5%
§103 Obviousness
15.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18748989 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR BOOTING OPERATING SYSTEM USING PLURALITY OF CORES AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18953997 Power Management Circuit with Internal Performance States Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18890115 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION IN AN ELECTRONIC GAMING ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
18754844 Cluster Management Method, Device, and Computing System Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18350387 METHOD FOR BOOTING AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
19123720 DI/DT Management During Clock Gating Non-Final OA Google LLC
18456965 ENHANCED POWER MANAGEMENT FOR SUPPORT OF PRIORITY SYSTEM EVENTS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17076776 DYNAMIC NETWORK CONTROLLER POWER MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18585225 CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
19035643 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18217274 CONFIGURABLE MESH NETWORK NODE AGGREGATION FOR MITIGATING VOLTAGE DROOP IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) CHIP AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19047458 FAILURE DETECTION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE BY MONITORING THERMAL RESISTANCE Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
19005812 TIME-BASED POWER SOURCE SWITCHING TO SUPPORT HYBRID POWER BOOST FUNCTIONALITY Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18415595 METHOD FOR CLOCK COMPENSATION IN COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE Final Rejection Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
18335009 LOW POWER CLOCK MULTIPLEXER IN MICROCONTROLLER WITH SELECTABLE POWER DOMAIN OUTPUT Final Rejection Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
17563788 PEAK ELECTRICAL CURRENT CONTROL OF SOC OR APU WITH MULTIPLE PROCESSOR CORES AND MULTIPLE GRAPHIC COMPUTE UNITS Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18417753 IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF ISSUE CAUSING FUNCTIONS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18630155 DYNAMIC TIMING FOR SHUTDOWN INCLUDING ASYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY REFRESH (ADR) DUE TO AC UNDERVOLTAGE Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
18897221 METHOD FOR APPLYING LEARNING MODEL-BASED POWER SAVING MODEL IN INTELLIGENT BMC Non-Final OA Korea Electronics Technology Institute
18574307 REPLACEMENT OF UNSTABLE APPLICATION Non-Final OA RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.

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