Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: HWANG, MEGAN ELIZABETH

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2143

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Analysis

Megan Elizabeth Hwang operates in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2143. The examiner has 33 resolved cases, which result in an allowance rate of 54.5 percent. This rate provides a starting point for evaluating the chances of success in this art unit. The median days to allowance is 1467, which highlights the typical timeline for applications that are eventually granted.

The interview lift is 57.5 percent, a figure that suggests a strong correlation between interviews and successful outcomes. This 57.5 percent lift indicates that applications with an interview have a higher probability of allowance compared to the 54.5 percent overall rate. Given the 1467-day median pendency, practitioners should prioritize interviews as a key tactical move. With 33 resolved cases, the data suggests that direct communication is an essential strategy for navigating the 54.5 percent allowance rate in Tech Center 2100.

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

Performance Statistics

54.5%
Allow Rate
-0.5% vs TC avg
46
Total Applications
+57.5%
Interview Lift
1467
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 33 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.3%
§102 Novelty
43.9%
§103 Obviousness
15.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18579089 Systems and Methods for Federated Learning of Machine-Learned Models with Sampled Softmax Non-Final OA Google LLC
18089513 SOURCE-FREE ACTIVE ADAPTATION TO DISTRIBUTIONAL SHIFTS FOR MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18122645 MULTI-RATE COMPUTER VISION TASK NEURAL NETWORKS IN COMPRESSION DOMAIN Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18042423 MACRO PLACEMENT USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPROACH Non-Final OA MediaTek Inc.
17556518 INFERRING GRAPHS FROM IMAGES AND TEXT Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17853670 Communication of Data for a Model Between Nodes in an Electronic Device Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18116129 REINFORCED LEARNING APPROACH TO GENERATE TRAINING DATA Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.

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