USPTO Examiner KIM KEVIN - Art Unit 2632

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18955340SYSTEMS/METHODS OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF SMARTPHONES IN 5G CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONSNovember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18624139PDMA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BASED ON OPTIMAL FREQUENCY-HOPPING PATTERNSApril 2024March 2025Allow1100NoNo
18438864HANDLING CONCEPT DRIFT IN WI-FI-BASED LOCALIZATIONFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18422375ASSOCIATING WIRELESS CONTROL DEVICESJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18393281METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER COMMUNICATION DEVICE MEASUREMENT AND TIMING ADVANCE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2023November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18385502AROUSAL LEVEL CONTROL APPARATUS, AROUSAL LEVEL CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18385606AROUSAL LEVEL CONTROL APPARATUS, AROUSAL LEVEL CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18385506AROUSAL LEVEL CONTROL APPARATUS, AROUSAL LEVEL CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18452439TECHNIQUES FOR UNIFIED SYNCHRONIZATION CHANNEL DESIGN IN NEW RADIOAugust 2023October 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18448560UPLINK CARRIER SELECTION FOR PRACH TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A NR DEDICATED CARRIER AND A LTE/NR SHARED CARRIERAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18354641ELECTRONIC DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2023March 2024Allow810YesNo
18348926INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING SELECTION OF RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLE SEQUENCEJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18341075METHOD, TRANSMITTER, STRUCTURE, TRANSCEIVER AND ACCESS POINT FOR PROVISION OF MULTI-CARRIER ON-OFF KEYING SIGNALJune 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18211661CONFIGURABILITY AND SIGNALING FOR HALF-TONE SHIFTJune 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18205252IMPAIRMENT GENERATIONJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18327356MULTI-NUMEROLOGY FRAME STRUCTURE FOR NR OPERATION IN MM-WAVE FREQUENCY BANDSJune 2023November 2024Abandon1710NoNo
18322348RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18200263MEDICAL FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM INCLUDING A MOBILE PLATFORM FOR PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AND TREATMENT COMPLIANCEMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18315770IDENTIFYING A WORST INTERFERING SECTORMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18144135METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER AND PROCESSING SAVINGS FOR POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS TRANSMITTED IN BEAMSMay 2023January 2024Allow810NoNo
18313247COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, RADIO TERMINAL, APPARATUS AND BASE STATIONMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18312513METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER AND PROCESSING SAVINGS FOR POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS TRANSMITTED IN BEAMSMay 2023January 2024Allow830NoNo
18295392ASSOCIATING WIRELESS CONTROL DEVICESApril 2023October 2023Allow700NoNo
18114314ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING MULI-BAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAMEFebruary 2023January 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18170207METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500NoNo
18103801Efficient Synthesis and Analysis of OFDM and MIMO-OFDM SignalsJanuary 2023September 2023Allow810NoNo
18155809TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND BASE STATIONJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1400NoNo
18154864SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER ENCODING APPARATUS AND RECEIVER DECODING APPARATUSJanuary 2023June 2023Allow500NoNo
18096224MUTUAL COUPLING BASED CALIBRATIONJanuary 2023November 2024Allow2210NoNo
18064730MEASUREMENT PERIOD FORMULATION FOR REFERENCE SIGNAL TIME DIFFERENCE (RSTD) MEASUREMENTSDecember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17994891METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING BETWEEN USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17989759RAN PLANNING USING GRID-BASED OPTIMIZATIONNovember 2022May 2024Allow1810NoNo
17924947APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT POSITIONING AND NETWORK NODE USING THE SAMENovember 2022December 2024Allow2500NoNo
17982074TIME SLOT RESERVATION FOR SOFT ACCESS POINTNovember 2022June 2024Allow1930YesNo
17977450METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING CELLULAR NETWORK COVERAGEOctober 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17937472METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTI-SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM) WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONOctober 2022April 2023Allow600NoNo
17933909VEHICLE-TO-PEDESTRIAN POSITIONING WITH USER EQUIPMENT AND NETWORK ASSISTANCESeptember 2022June 2023Allow810NoNo
17910141MULTI-NUMEROLOGY FRAME STRUCTURE FOR NR OPERATION IN MM-WAVE FREQUENCY BANDSSeptember 2022March 2023Allow600NoNo
17939456COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2500NoNo
17902592INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING SELECTION OF RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLE SEQUENCESeptember 2022April 2023Allow810NoNo
17822607METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING UWB RANGING RESULTSAugust 2022November 2024Allow2600NoNo
17885842SYSTEM, A POSITIONING DEVICE, A SLAVE ANCHOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RELATED METHODSAugust 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17878343DEEP NETWORK SLICING WITH VIRTUALIZED PROGRAMMABLE DATA-PLANE PIPELINESAugust 2022September 2024Allow2600NoNo
17795933METHOD OF NETWORK-ASSISTED BEAMFORMED ENERGY HARVESTING SIGNALING AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUSJuly 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17871074Portable Generator Dispatch Recommendation EngineJuly 2022February 2024Allow1910NoNo
17813824SHARING STATE BASED ON DIRECTIONAL PROFILESJuly 2022December 2024Allow2910YesNo
17759001POSITIONING PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, BASE STATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17867160MEDICAL FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM INCLUDING A MOBILE PLATFORM FOR PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AND TREATMENT COMPLIANCEJuly 2022January 2023Allow600NoNo
17810845Time encoded data communication protocol, apparatus and method for generating and receiving a data signalJuly 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17855228System and method for rich short messaging serviceJune 2022July 2024Allow2500NoNo
17810001SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A MOST IMPACTED BASE STATION SECTOR BY AN EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE SOURCEJune 2022February 2024Allow2010NoNo
17789319OFDM WITH HYBRID GAP AND INDEX MODULATIONJune 2022February 2023Allow800NoNo
17788872METHOD FOR GENERATING A TRAINING SEQUENCE CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF OFDM SYMBOLSJune 2022September 2023Allow1520NoNo
17847995ROBOT CLEANER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJune 2022August 2024Allow2600NoNo
17788667COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR CONTROL SIGNALINGJune 2022October 2023Allow1610NoNo
17843634RECOVERING SERVICE IN A RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY (RAT) FOR A MULTI-MODE USER EQUIPMENTJune 2022July 2024Allow2500NoNo
17781404USER EQUIPMENT (UE)-BASED POSITIONING NON-LINE OF SIGHT (NLOS) ERROR MITIGATIONJune 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17828219REAL-TIME REMOTE GUIDE SYSTEM BASED ON BIG DATA NETWORKMay 2022January 2025Allow3210NoNo
17756383MOBILE TERMINALMay 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17750755METHOD, TRANSMITTER, STRUCTURE, TRANSCEIVER AND ACCESS POINT FOR PROVISION OF MULTI-CARRIER ON-OFF KEYING SIGNALMay 2022March 2023Allow910NoNo
17741978METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SMART HOME CONTROLMay 2022September 2024Allow2810NoNo
17741134RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODMay 2022March 2023Allow1010NoNo
17740379METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONMay 2022August 2024Allow2700NoNo
17774896METHODS FOR TRUST INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND RELATED COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEMay 2022September 2024Allow2910NoNo
17774768User Equipment, Core Network Node, Radio Network Node and Methods in a Wireless Communications NetworkMay 2022January 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17736337COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, RADIO TERMINAL, APPARATUS AND BASE STATIONMay 2022February 2023Allow900NoNo
17735856METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOW COMPLEXITY SPECTRUM SHARINGMay 2022June 2024Allow2500NoNo
17728866METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS LOCALIZATIONApril 2022September 2024Allow2800NoNo
17660408METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING PICK-UP POINTSApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17726629ELECTRONIC DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMApril 2022April 2023Allow1210NoNo
17717890CONFIGURABILITY AND SIGNALING FOR HALF-TONE SHIFTApril 2022March 2023Allow1110NoNo
17716607ASSOCIATING WIRELESS CONTROL DEVICESApril 2022December 2022Allow900NoNo
17707225SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17707407BASE STATION, TRAFFIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND TRAFFIC COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022August 2024Allow2810NoNo
17700664METHOD FOR IMPROVING EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME FOR MOBILE CALLERSMarch 2022May 2024Allow2600NoNo
17698720TECHNIQUES FOR UNIFIED SYNCHRONIZATION CHANNEL DESIGN IN NEW RADIOMarch 2022February 2023Allow1110NoNo
17696715SEARCH SPACE SET GROUP SWITCHING FOR CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULINGMarch 2022April 2024Allow2500NoNo
17696547MUTUAL COUPLING BASED CALIBRATION WITH OFDM SIGNALSMarch 2022October 2022Allow710NoNo
17642468INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMMarch 2022February 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17654390CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULINGMarch 2022April 2024Allow2500NoNo
17684268VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER AND SAMPLER OFFSET CALIBRATION WITHOUT CLOCK RECOVERYMarch 2022November 2022Allow900NoNo
17682049ANTENNA BEAM SWITCHING IN MULTI-ACCESS POINT COORDINATIONFebruary 2022January 2023Allow1010YesNo
17651252Method and an Apparatus for Efficient PositioningFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17632635DATA COLLECTION IN DEFINED NETWORK OPERATING CONDITIONS IN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKSFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17629616RADIO TERMINAL, RAN NODE, CORE NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS THEREFORJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010NoNo
17576707BACKSCATTER DEVICES AND SYSTEMS HAVING DIGITAL ARCHITECTURES FOR OFDM BACKSCATTERJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1410NoNo
17624475GUARD INTERVAL ADAPTATION FOR COORDINATED BEAMFORMINGJanuary 2022August 2023Allow2010NoNo
17646600APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OF SAMEDecember 2021March 2024Allow2720NoNo
17565596METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DETERMINING A PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION PARAMETERDecember 2021September 2023Allow2120NoNo
17555772Federated X2 GatewayDecember 2021May 2024Allow2910NoNo
17546635UPLINK CARRIER SELECTION FOR PRACH TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A NR DEDICATED CARRIER AND A LTE/NR SHARED CARRIERDecember 2021May 2023Allow1720NoYes
17539643WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CONTROL CIRCUIT, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021May 2023Allow1710NoNo
17539419METHOD FOR CONNECTION TO EQUIPMENT, ASSOCIATED DEVICEDecember 2021July 2024Allow3110NoNo
17615101WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHODNovember 2021December 2023Allow2400NoNo
17533808COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND NETWORK ARCHITECTURENovember 2021April 2024Allow2910NoNo
17613275RELAY SERVER, RELAY METHOD AND RELAY PROGRAMNovember 2021January 2024Allow2610NoNo
17455915Communication Devices, Systems, Software and Methods employing Symbol Waveform HoppingNovember 2021October 2022Allow1100NoNo
17528093RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER ADAPTATION USING STOCHASTIC GRADIENT HILL CLIMBING WITH GENETIC MUTATIONNovember 2021February 2024Allow2700NoNo
17523815METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER AND PROCESSING SAVINGS FOR POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS TRANSMITTED IN BEAMSNovember 2021February 2023Allow1510NoNo
17517461Efficient Synthesis and Analysis of OFDM and MIMO-OFDM SignalsNovember 2021September 2022Allow1100NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KIM, KEVIN.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
73.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
7
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(28.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(71.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
39.3%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 28.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner KIM, KEVIN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KIM, KEVIN works in Art Unit 2632 and has examined 513 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.1%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 15 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KIM, KEVIN's allowance rate of 97.1% places them in the 91% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KIM, KEVIN receive 0.87 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 9% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KIM, KEVIN is 15 months. This places the examiner in the 99% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -2.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KIM, KEVIN. This interview benefit is in the 6% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 68.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 75.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 26.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.8% of allowed cases (in the 75% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 54% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.