Examiner Kim Kiho

2884-KIM-KIHO

Employment Information

Art Unit:2884 — X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
Group:2870-2880 — Optics/Photocopying
Classes: 250 — Radiant energy
378 — X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
600 — Surgery
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
345 — Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
356 — Optics: measuring and testing
385 — Optical waveguides
429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
703 — Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation
506 — Combinatorial chemistry technology: method, library, apparatus
Phone:(571) 270-1628
Email:kiho.kim@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Physics
Service:19 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

20
3-Year Grant rate: 90% over 861 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 20th

With Examiner Kim, you have a 90% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Kim is a very easy examiner and in the 20th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Kim, 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 2884

Examiner Kim's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2884 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Kim 0.9
Art Unit 2884 1.0

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Kim has granted 680 of 754 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 90%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Kim has granted 91 of 107 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 85%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Kim, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 6%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18539113 Sensing Systems And Reflective Optical Element Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18621326 System, Method And/or Computer Readable Medium For Mitigation Of Effects From Photon Septal Penetration In Spect Imaging Patented View
18649220 Light Exposure Tracking System, Device, And Methods Patented View
18609121 Systems, Methods And Computer Program Products For Generating Depth Images Based On Short-Wave Infrared Detection Information Patented View
18685398 X-Ray Transmission Member Patented View
18626800 Vision Based Methods For Directional Antenna Boresight Alignment Patented View
18383115 Thermal Imaging Device Patented View
18269229 Radiation Dosimetry Method Patented View
18527454 X-Ray Diagnostic Apparatus, Control Method For X-Ray Diagnostic Apparatus, And X-Ray Diagnostic System Patented View
18504665 Apparatus And Method For Detecting Material Of Vehicle Body Part Patented View
18693211 Radiation Detector And Radiation Detector Array Patented View
18635303 Medical Devices For Diagnostic Imaging Patented View
18558626 A Counterbalancing Mechanism For A Mobile Radiographic Imaging Apparatus Patented View
18574706 Digital Radiography System And Digital Radiography Method Patented View
18578103 Optical Waveguide Sensor For Detecting Radioactive Isotopes And Method Of Fabricating The Same Patented View
18278633 Apparatus And Method For Operating Electronics While Protecting From Radiation Patented View
18220930 Methods And Means For The Measurement Of Tubing, Casing, Perforation And Sand-Screen Imaging Using Backscattered X-Ray Radiation In A Wellbore Environment Patented View
18575381 Light-Receiving Element, X-Ray Imaging Element, And Electronic Apparatus Patented View
18143257 System And Method For Optical Mapping Of Semiconductor Wafers At Cryogenic Temperatures Under Transmission Geometry Patented View
18374145 System And Method For Providing Ai-Assisted Checklist For Interventional Medical Procedures Patented View
18549054 Scintillator Structure Patented View
18523489 Determining A Position Of A Treatment Instrument To Perform A Treatment On An Object Patented View
18387883 Electromagnetic Wave Sensor Patented View
18137901 X-Ray Inspection Apparatus And Method Of Inspection With X-Rays Patented View
18491683 Thin Strip Classification Patented View
18192935 Radiation Treatment Apparatus And Method Patented View
18262877 Image Processing Apparatus And Image Processing Method Abandoned View
18461716 Scintillator Array, And Radiation Detector And Radiation Inspection Apparatus Using The Same Patented View
18233154 Using Organ Similarity Metric To Determine Optimization Strategy In Adaptive Radiation Therapy Patented View
18574788 Far-Field Optical Ultrathin Slice Imaging System And Method Patented View
18574842 Spatial Encoding Crystal Array, Detector, Method, Apparatus, And Storage Medium Patented View
18263990 Method For Quantifying Content Of Water And Lipid In Turbid Media, Using Narrowband Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy Patented View
18554988 Diagnostic Instruments Having Multiple Illumination Sources And Methods Thereof Patented View
18365357 Scintillator Array, Method For Manufacturing Scintillator Array, Radiation Detector, And Radiation Inspection Device Patented View
18499287 Imaging Apparatus Patented View
18539306 Radiation Imaging System And Radiation Imaging Method Patented View
18456079 Method For Monitoring The Precipitation Of Inorganic Salts In Aqueous Systems Patented View
17924329 Optical System And Method To Identify Plastic Abandoned View
18343283 Beam Splitting Device For A Distal End Section Of An Endoscope, Objective System And Endoscope Patented View
18500957 Self-Centering Clamp Adapter For X-Ray And Gammaray Weld Inspection Patented View
18562427 Biological Information Detection Device And Biological Information Detection Method Patented View
18251149 A Controller, A Dental Imaging System, And A Method For Dental Imaging Of An Object Patented View
18506655 Systems And Methods For Stabilizing Digital Radiographic Imaging Patented View
18270401 Monitoring And Control Of Unwanted Polymer By-Product Generated In Monomers Production, Storage, And Handling Using Infrared Spectroscopy Analysis Patented View
18563557 Non-Destructive Inspection Device And Non-Destructive Inspection System Patented View
18507218 Procedure For Generating Fluoroscopic Images For The Reconstruction Of A Volume In A Flat Object Using An X-Ray System Patented View
18382862 Detection Method, Surface Density Device, Detection Means, And Storage Medium Patented View
18203902 Radiation Treatment Plan Optimization Method And Apparatus Patented View
18454259 Off Line Quality Control Of A Beam Shaping Device For Radiation Therapy Patented View
18474593 Medical Image Diagnostic Apparatus, Medical Image Diagnostic System, And Information Processing Method Of Medical Image Diagnosis Patented View

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