Examiner Young W. Kim
Grant ratio: 58.7% (56th percentile in Art Unit 2815 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.08. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: March 2018
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 27 | 48.8% | 2.24 |
| Group | 305 | 54.6% | 1.79 |
| Tech Center | 2,413 | 62.4% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 29 | 37.2% |
| 2 OAs | 25 | 32.1% |
| 3 OAs | 13 | 16.7% |
| 4 OAs | 8 | 10.3% |
| 5+ OAs | 3 | 3.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2015 | 27 | 18 | 66.7% |
| 2016 | 17 | 8 | 47.1% |
| 2017 | 11 | 8 | 72.7% |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 78 | 0.0% | 9.0% | 89.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 2 | 49 | 0.0% | 8.2% | 87.8% | 0.0% |
| Action 3 | 24 | 0.0% | 8.3% | 91.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 11 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 3 | 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
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2014: Alice
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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.