Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: TANG, RONG

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2111 2112 2117

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Analysis

Rong Tang serves in Art Unit 2111 within Tech Center 2100. The examiner has 183 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 77.6 percent. This rate indicates a high probability of success for applicants seeking patent grants. The interview lift is 16.3 percent, showing that direct communication with the examiner is a productive strategy for advancing prosecution. Practitioners can use the 16.3 percent interview lift to resolve outstanding rejections.

The median days to allowance is 974. This figure provides a benchmark for the expected duration of the prosecution process for successful applications. Practitioners can use the 77.6 percent allowance rate to manage client expectations regarding the likelihood of a grant. The 16.3 percent interview lift suggests that interviews are a valuable tool for success. These metrics, based on 183 resolved cases, offer a reliable foundation for a prosecution strategy in Art Unit 2111 and the 974-day median timeline.

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

Performance Statistics

77.6%
Allow Rate
+22.6% vs TC avg
197
Total Applications
+16.3%
Interview Lift
974
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 183 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.5%
§101 Eligibility
12.3%
§102 Novelty
48.3%
§103 Obviousness
14.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19072946 LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK (LDPC) DECODING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18571195 RLC BUFFER REDUCTION BASED ON NETWORK CODING AND OUTER CODE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19064788 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING NOISE INFORMATION ESTIMATION PROGRAM, NOISE INFORMATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18592840 RECONFIGURABLE TESTING OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18948507 Method and System for Channel Estimation and Decoding Acceleration for Irregular LDPC Codes Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18813037 MEMORY SYSTEM AND DECODING METHOD FOR THE SAME Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
19170778 COMMAND ADDRESS PARITY CHECK USING REPURPOSING Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18415628 COLLABORATIVE DECODING WITH ERASURE SEARCH TO RECOVER CORNER FAILS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18929351 Systems, Methods, and Devices of Design-For-Test Circuitry Non-Final OA Arm Limited

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