Examiner Hyun Soo Kim
Grant ratio: 70.9% (59th percentile in Art Unit 2187 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.28. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 95006
- Primary art unit
- 2187
- Work group
- 2180
- Technology center
- 2100
- Applications
- 199
- Granted applications
- 141
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-1768
- Supervisor
- Jaweed Abbaszadeh
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-1640
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 24 | 46.7% | 1.83 |
| Group | 178 | 52.5% | 1.89 |
| Tech Center | 1,781 | 52.8% | 2.19 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 1 | 0.5% |
| 1 OA | 75 | 37.7% |
| 2 OAs | 64 | 32.2% |
| 3 OAs | 29 | 14.6% |
| 4 OAs | 20 | 10.1% |
| 5+ OAs | 10 | 5.0% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 18 | 12 | 66.7% |
| 2021 | 24 | 22 | 91.7% |
| 2022 | 22 | 19 | 86.4% |
| 2023 | 37 | 30 | 81.1% |
| 2024 | 34 | 32 | 94.1% |
| 2025 | 40 | 26 | 65.0% |
| 2026 | 24 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 198 | 0.5% | 3.5% | 92.9% | 3.0% |
| Action 2 | 123 | 2.4% | 38.2% | 45.5% | 10.6% |
| Action 3 | 59 | 1.7% | 28.8% | 64.4% | 3.4% |
| Action 4 | 30 | 0.0% | 20.0% | 76.7% | 3.3% |
| Action 5 | 10 | 0.0% | 10.0% | 90.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| Action 8 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.5%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
2.6%
2025: August memo
3.7%
0.0%
Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.
PTAB appeals
No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.
Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.