Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Yao D Huang, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as HUANG, YAO D

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2124 2128 2165

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner YAO D HUANG works in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2124. The examiner has 138 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 64.5%. The interview lift is 32.5%, which suggests that direct communication is a highly effective way to move cases toward allowance. The median days to allowance is 1480. This timeline provides a specific expectation for applicants navigating Art Unit 2124.

Top companies in this portfolio include NVIDIA Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Sony Group Corporation. These applicants are frequently represented by firms such as BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, Harrity & Harrity, LLP, and KHMRG (NVIDIA). Because the interview lift is 32.5%, practitioners should prioritize interviews to resolve outstanding issues. The 64.5% allowance rate remains a primary benchmark for success in this examiner's resolved cases. The 138 cases provide a substantial data set for predicting future prosecution outcomes.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

64.5%
Allow Rate
+9.5% vs TC avg
156
Total Applications
+32.5%
Interview Lift
1480
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 138 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.0%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
48.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17571870 APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH NEURAL PROCESSING Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18197224 OBJECTIVE FUNCTION OPTIMIZATION IN TARGET BASED HYPERPARAMETER TUNING Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18623785 TRAINING ML MODELS VIA REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FROM HUMAN FEEDBACK (RLHF) USING EMOTION DETECTION Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18617095 MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18422548 CLOSEST CORRELATION METHOD (CCM) FOR MULTICLASS CLASSIFICATION Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17703569 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17737888 NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING BASED ON CAPABILITY Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17393246 NEURAL NETWORK LOOP DETECTION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18779625 EFFICIENT INCREMENTAL LEARNING THROUGH PROBABILISTIC TRAINING SET SELECTION Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18617074 NEURAL NETWORKS FOR COLLISION DETECTION Non-Final OA Allstate Insurance Company
18754726 DISTRIBUTIONAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Final Rejection DeepMind Technologies Limited

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Yao D Huang's allowance rate?

64.5% of resolved applications examined by Yao D Huang were allowed (138 resolved cases), compared with 63.1% across Art Unit 2124 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Yao D Huang?

This examiner's interview lift is +32.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Yao D Huang take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Yao D Huang took 1,480 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Yao D Huang work in?

Yao D Huang examines applications in Art Unit 2124 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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