Examiner Elias Kim

Examiner Elias Kim appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 51.4%, they average 2.42 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.42

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2021-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-8093
Predicted Supervisor: Jared Rutz
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-5535
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2130 - Memory Access and Control

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 107
Granted Applications: 55
Non-Granted Applications: 52
Avg OA / Grant: 2.42
Last OA Observed: July 2026 (1 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2135
Work Groups Seen: 2130 - Memory Access and Control

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	51.4%	2.42
Art Unit	18	69.0%	2.01
Group	138	69.2%	2.08
Tech Center	1,748	54.1%	2.19
USPTO	16,347	53.5%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2021; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2021	4	2	50.0%
2022	16	14	87.5%
2023	19	11	57.9%
2024	22	17	77.3%
2025	23	11	47.8%
2026	23	0	0.0%

55 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	107	0.0%	0.0%	94.4%	2.8%
2	68	0.0%	7.4%	85.3%	5.9%
3	46	0.0%	0.0%	93.5%	4.3%
4	21	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	14	0.0%	0.0%	78.6%	21.4%
6	6	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	0.0%
7	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%