Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: YUN, CARINA

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2194 2196 4100

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Analysis

Carina Yun has managed 334 resolved cases in Art Unit 2194 of Technology Center 4100. The allowance rate is 48.5 percent, showing the split between grants and abandonments. The median days to allowance is 1595, which is the duration for applicants to consider. The interview lift of 34.0 percent is an indicator that direct communication is effective in this docket.

Given the 48.5 percent allowance rate, practitioners should use interviews to clarify technical points and move the 334 cases toward a resolution. The 1595-day timeline suggests that persistence is a factor. The 34.0 percent lift is a strategic tool, as it shows the examiner is responsive to verbal arguments. With 334 cases resolved, the data provides a foundation for predicting examiner behavior. Practitioners should factor the 1595-day median into their prosecution budgets and use interviews to improve their odds relative to the 48.5 percent baseline.

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

Performance Statistics

48.5%
Allow Rate
-11.5% vs TC avg
357
Total Applications
+34.0%
Interview Lift
1595
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 334 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.7%
§101 Eligibility
8.3%
§102 Novelty
50.4%
§103 Obviousness
20.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18782331 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18393844 SERVICE PROCESS INVOKING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17662137 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH VOLUME DATA EXTRACTION, DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING, AND DISTRIBUTION OVER MULTIPLE CHANNELS Final Rejection JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
18663316 GENERATION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING GENERATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18646128 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18534814 POLYMORPHOUS INTENT-BASED MANAGEMENT Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18502278 SERVER QUEUE MANAGEMENT Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18307909 EXECUTION OF AN APPLICATION USING BUFFERS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17751280 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WEARABLE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
17693002 DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF VERSION DEPENDENCIES FOR EXECUTING PARALLEL WORKLOADS Non-Final OA Rubrik, Inc.
18440815 THREAD WATCHDOG MANAGER Non-Final OA Roku, Inc.
18584772 PARTITION-AWARE BROADCAST OPERATION FILTERING IN A MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
17720203 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO DESELECT STORAGE Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17830646 EFFICIENT PAGEFAULTS FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES Final Rejection Red Hat, Inc.
18208792 EXTENSIBLE HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER FOR REAL-TIME ROBOTICS CONTROL FRAMEWORK Final Rejection Intrinsic Innovation LLC

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