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Examiner Hein Jeong

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 25 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION NOV 2025
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS

Examiner Hein Jeong has allowed 3 of 25 decided applications (12%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

12% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2188 · 15%AU 2186 · 13%AU 2147 · 0%
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What the data says.

Hein Jeong maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) across three art units: 2147, 2186, and 2188. Over 25 disposed applications, the examiner issued 3 allowances and 22 abandonments, producing an allowance rate of 12% across the pooled record. This figure represents decided applications only and does not include any pending cases. The record spans multiple art units within TC 2100, and the aggregate allowance rate reflects the examiner's combined output across these units.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates Hein Jeong's decisions across three separate art units in TC 2100. The allowance rate of 12% describes outcomes on 25 decided applications and reflects historical dispositions only. Pooled figures do not account for variation among individual art units, do not predict outcomes in any specific application, and do not indicate how any particular case will be examined or decided. Individual art-unit records provide more granular detail.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

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Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2188
13 APPS · 15% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

15% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 67%
DISPOSITION2 / 11 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION35.5 moart unit avg 26.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY46.7 moart unit avg 39.7 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility85% · art unit 54%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)77%
§103 — Obviousness85% · art unit 74%
§112 — Written description & definiteness46%

Based on 13 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2186
8 APPS · 13% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

13% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 72%
DISPOSITION1 / 7 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION37.4 moart unit avg 22.9 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY52.6 moart unit avg 35 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility88% · art unit 32%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)50%
§103 — Obviousness75% · art unit 83%
§112 — Written description & definiteness75%

Based on 8 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2147
4 APPS · 0% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

0% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 44%
DISPOSITION0 / 4 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION34 moart unit avg 29.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY41.3 moart unit avg 46.8 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility50% · art unit 74%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)25%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 86%
§112 — Written description & definiteness50%

Based on 4 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Hein Jeong

  • What is Hein Jeong's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 12%, based on 25 disposed applications (3 allowed, 22 abandoned). This is a historical record and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Hein Jeong's public record spans 3 art units within Technology Center 2100: 2147, 2186, and 2188. The figures presented here are pooled across all three.
  • What does the pooled record show?
    The pooled record aggregates outcomes across multiple art units and describes past dispositions. It does not break down results by individual art unit, does not predict specific application outcomes, and does not indicate how any particular case will be handled.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Hein Jeong has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated June 25, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 25 applications.

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