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Examiner Yoo Hong T

1792-YOO-HONG-T

Employment Information

Art Unit:1792 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Group:1790 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
Classes: 426 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
530 — Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof
261 — Gas and liquid contact apparatus
554 — Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Phone:(571) 270-7093
Email:hong.yoo@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Food Technlgy
Service:18 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

75
3-Year Grant rate: 57% over 267 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 75th

With Examiner Yoo, you have a 57% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Yoo is a harder examiner and in the 75th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Yoo, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.

Comparison with Art Unit 1792

Examiner Yoo's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1792 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Yoo 1.9
Art Unit 1792 2.3

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Yoo has granted 104 of 186 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 56%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Yoo has granted 49 of 81 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 60%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Yoo, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 7%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17820998 Composition And Method Of Making Plant-Based Food Products Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18665937 Reduced Calorie Beverage Or Food Product And Process And Apparatus For Making Same Patented View
18346368 Precisely Infused Coffee Products And Methods Of Making The Same Abandoned View
18473623 Tablet Abandoned View
17646177 Method For Producing Modified Pea Protein Patented View
18265215 A Method Of Reducing Acrylamide In Coffee Extract And A Soluble Coffee Product Patented View
19231387 Infant Formulation Comprising Olive Oil And Methods Therewith Patented View
16628735 Human Milk Fortifier Abandoned View
17789599 Method Of Producing Dense Whey Protein Nanogels, The Resulting Whey Protein Nanogels Or Nanogel Compositions, And Food Products Containing Such Whey Protein Nanogels Or Nanogel Compositions Patented View
17755809 Plant-Based Milk Patented View
18408451 Reconstituted Cereal-Legume Kernels Patented View
18037791 Non-Alcoholic Beer-Flavored Beverage, Method For Producing Non-Alcoholic Beer-Flavored Beverage, And Method For Improving Quality Of Bitterness Of Non-Alcoholic Beer-Flavored Beverage Patented View
18311375 Refined Oil Compositions And Methods For Making Abandoned View
17999187 Oil And/or Fat Composition And Food Or Beverage Product Patented View
18309846 Sea Buckthorn-Citrus Compound Prebiotics Meal Replacement Bar Patented View
17646186 Modified Pea Protein Production Method Patented View
17613965 Non-Digestible Oligosaccharides For Decreased Colonic Protein Fermentation Abandoned View
19014237 Supplementary Composition Containing 2'-Fucosyllactose (2'-Fl) And Fructo-Oligosaccharide (Fos) With Synergistic Effects On The Digestive And Immune Systems For Children, And Process Of Manufacturing A Children Formula Containing Said Supplementary Composition Patented View
18202777 Formulations For Prebiotic Hard Capsules Abandoned View
18000768 Method For Obtaining Antioxidants, Diet Fiber, And Other Nutrients From Plant By-Products Patented View
18694150 Iga Production Promoting Agent And Feed Composition For Promoting Iga Production Abandoned View
18246380 Ready-To-Drink Carbonated Electrolyte Beverage Abandoned View
19183737 Pea Albumin Isolate From Pea Solubles And Process For Production Thereof Patented View
16977303 Manufacturing Of Extrudates Having Improved Microbial Quality Patented View
18018334 Method Of Extraction Of Naural Caffeine From A Caffeine Containing Biological Material Patented View
17973306 Neurodevelopment-Promoting Food Compositions And Kits, Systems And Methods Related Thereto Patented View
18245643 Nutritional Compositions And Methods Related Thereto Abandoned View
17967393 Preparation Of Non-Soy Oilseed Protein Products ("*810") Abandoned View
18011520 Protein Compositions Produced From Hemp Plant Materials Abandoned View
17562677 Method For Preparing Persimmon Leaf Extract Patented View
17757845 Soluble Rice Flour Compositions Patented View
17539269 Durable And Edible Bait Roll Ups, Systems And Methods Patented View
17567144 Textured Plant Protein Product And Method Abandoned View
17413078 Powdered Thickener Maintaining Its Extensional Properties When Reconstituted And For Promoting Safe Swallowing By Individuals With Dysphagia Patented View
16304481 Method For Manufacturing A Processed Food Using Separate Packaging And Mild Heating Sterilization Abandoned View
17949216 Manufacturing Method For Beta-Glucan-Containing Coffee And Beta-Glucan-Containing Coffee Abandoned View
16628870 Human Milk Fortifier Abandoned View
17787912 Vegetable-Based Food Products And Methods Of Manufacture Thereof Abandoned View
17298175 Water-Containing Chocolate-Like Confectionery And Method For Producing Water-Containing Chocolate-Like Confectionery Patented View
15497614 Method Of Masking Off-Tastes With Cellobiose And/or Psicose Abandoned View
17425451 Method And Device For Increasing The Proportion Of Meat Used In Fish, Poultry Or Other Meat Products Patented View
18611250 Soluble Instant Coffee And Process For Preparation Patented View
17625205 Method Of Dough Relaxation Involving Endopeptidases Patented View
17753431 A Composition Suitable For The Replacement Of Glucose-Syrup Patented View
18066453 Cannabinoid Acid Beverage Patented View
18623013 Compact-Pods Of Nutrients That Dissolve In Liquid Solutions And Manufacturing Methods Thereof Abandoned View
18641133 Compositions Comprising Fabaceae Family Plant Components, Processes Of Preparation And Uses Thereof Patented View
18324508 Systems And Methods For The Preparation Of Tablets Of Botanical Extracts Including Tea Patented View
17425346 Solid Beverage Containing Barley Leaves And Preparation Method Thereof Patented View
17827904 Composite Materials Comprising Amyloid Fibrils And Nanoparticulate Nutritional Minerals Patented View

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