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Examiner Yao D Huang

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 134 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Yao D Huang has allowed 86 of 134 decided applications (64%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

64% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Yao D Huang maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 161 total applications, 134 have been disposed. Of those 134 decided applications, 86 were allowed, corresponding to an allowance rate of 64%. The examiner's record spans a single art unit. These figures represent the pooled historical record and describe past dispositions only.

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This record aggregates all applications across the examiner's art unit(s) in TC 2100. The allowance rate of 64% reflects the share of allowed applications among all decided cases—those marked allowed or abandoned, excluding pending filings. Pooled figures describe the past record and are not predictions about any individual application. Subject-matter complexity and prosecution nuances vary within and across art units.

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 2124
161 APPS · 64% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

64% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 64%
DISPOSITION86 / 48 / 27allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION33.1 moart unit avg 28.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY48.9 moart unit avg 41.8 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility61% · art unit 61%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)97%
§103 — Obviousness97% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness91%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW75%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW40%+35 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 92 decided applications with an interview and 42 without.

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Questions about Examiner Yao D Huang

  • What is Yao D Huang's allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 64%, based on 86 allowed applications among 134 disposed (decided) applications in the public record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    This record spans 1 art unit in Technology Center 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate predict my application's outcome?
    No. The allowance rate is a historical aggregate and does not predict the disposition of any specific pending application.
  • What is the difference between total and disposed applications?
    Total applications (161) includes all filings. Disposed applications (134) are those marked allowed or abandoned. The allowance rate is calculated only from the disposed count.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Yao D Huang 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: 161 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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