Examiner Soon D. Hyun

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2017 (102 months ago).

Examiner Soon D. Hyun appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 91.5%, they average 1.57 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.57

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2007-2017)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 530
Granted Applications: 485
Non-Granted Applications: 45
Avg OA / Grant: 1.57
Last OA Observed: October 2017 (102 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2416 , 2471 , 2616
Work Groups Seen: 2410 - Multiplex and VoIP

2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	91.5%	1.57
Art Unit	23	77.6%	1.65
Group	203	65.0%	1.93
Tech Center	1,727	60.4%	2.14
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	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
2007	1	1	100.0%
2008	39	36	92.3%
2009	47	42	89.4%
2010	60	54	90.0%
2011	56	50	89.3%
2012	64	60	93.8%
2013	51	49	96.1%
2014	63	55	87.3%
2015	51	48	94.1%
2016	65	60	92.3%
2017	33	30	90.9%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	530	4.3%	15.3%	55.8%	12.8%
2	179	5.0%	16.8%	49.2%	17.3%
3	63	1.6%	15.9%	52.4%	25.4%
4	29	0.0%	20.7%	65.5%	10.3%
5	18	11.1%	11.1%	66.7%	11.1%
6	7	0.0%	0.0%	85.7%	14.3%
7	6	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%
8	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2007

1.4%

2008

12.3%

2009

5.7%

2010

2.8%

2011

4.0%

2012

3.9%

2013

3.7%

2014

2.5%

2015

2.0%

2016

2.9%

2017

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.