Examiner Woo K Lee

Examiner Woo K Lee appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 52.8%, they average 2.58 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.58

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2023-2026)
Phone: (571) 270-5816
Predicted Supervisor: Joshua Benitez
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-1435
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 214
Granted Applications: 113
Non-Granted Applications: 101
Avg OA / Grant: 2.58
Last OA Observed: July 2026 (1 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2815
Work Groups Seen: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	52.8%	2.58
Art Unit	26	47.7%	2.27
Group	299	55.9%	1.79
Tech Center	2,395	63.3%	1.69
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 2023; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2023	28	16	57.1%
2024	71	55	77.5%
2025	74	42	56.8%
2026	41	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	212	0.0%	9.0%	87.3%	3.8%
2	143	0.0%	7.7%	86.0%	5.6%
3	83	0.0%	3.6%	85.5%	10.8%
4	43	0.0%	0.0%	88.4%	11.6%
5	15	0.0%	6.7%	73.3%	20.0%
6	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%