USPTO Examiner WANG HARRY Z - Art Unit 2184

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19058053USB HUB INTERNAL DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND USB HUB CHIPFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19017423Host-to-Device CXL Communication including Multi-Fabric Bridging, also over NVLink, UALink, and EthernetJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19017408Scalable Virtualization of GPUs and Compute Accelerators in a Switch Providing CXL Resource-as-a-Service of Memory, NVMe or RDMA Networking via SLD Agnostic ProvisioningJanuary 2025August 2025Allow710NoNo
18987107FAST MASS STORAGE ACCESS FOR DIGITAL COMPUTERSDecember 2024February 2026Allow1410NoNo
18814648IMAGING DEVICEAugust 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18789512Wireless Control Device for Computer AccessoriesJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18756055PCIE PERIPHERAL SHARINGJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18755954USB DEVICE-INITIATED DATA TRANSFERS AND PLATFORM OFFLOAD CAPABILITIESJune 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18749744SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND ANALYZING THE STRUCTURE OF A VEHICLE CONTROLLER AREA NETWORKJune 2024July 2025Allow1300NoNo
18675645CRYPTOCURRENCY MINER AND DEVICE ENUMERATIONMay 2024December 2025Allow1910NoNo
18661745SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED HOST DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2024November 2025Allow1810NoNo
18642976Data Storage Device and Method for Increasing Random Input-Output Operations Per Second (IOPS)April 2024September 2025Allow1610YesNo
18694508METHOD FOR MANAGING ACCESS BY A THREAD TO A SLAVE DEVICEMarch 2024November 2025Allow2010NoNo
18444090LOW COMPLEXITY ETHERNET NODE (LEN) ONE PORTFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18440653HIGH SPEED PASSIVE SERIAL CONFIGURATION OF FPGA BY MCU USING QUAD OR OCTAL SPI FLASHFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1400NoNo
18433017ENABLING OUT-OF-BAND GENERIC PCIE SWITCH CONTROL/CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT USING BMC FOR DYNAMIC, SCALABLE HARDWARE REQUIREMENTSFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18430034ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SETTING OPERATING MODE OF INTERFACE ON BASIS OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION ABOUT EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATING METHODFebruary 2024September 2025Allow2010YesNo
18293794METHOD, APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR REALIZING OTG COMMUNICATION WITHOUT PLUGGING AND UNPLUGGINGJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910NoNo
18391980DIGITAL OPEN PIN DETECTIONDecember 2023September 2025Allow2110YesNo
18573030A PULSE WIDTH MODULATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD IN RELATION THERETODecember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18569727SERIAL PORT CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON COMPLEX PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE (CPLD) AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREFORDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18537065DETECTING AND HANDLING A COEXISTENCE EVENTDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18526870FAST MASS STORAGE ACCESS FOR DIGITAL COMPUTERSDecember 2023March 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18526047Transmitting Apparatus, Receiving Apparatus, Parameter Adjustment Method, SerDes Circuit, and Electronic DeviceDecember 2023February 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18511786BACKPOWER-SAFE TEST SWITCHNovember 2023December 2025Allow2510NoNo
18372086SECURED KVM SWITCHING DEVICE WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2210NoNo
18469069Method and Apparatus for Processing Interrupt RequestSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2310NoNo
18458332SERIAL INTERFACE RECEIVER AND OFFSET CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOFAugust 2023June 2025Allow2210YesNo
18235298DATA TRANSFER DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL OF COMPUTERS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18451677SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DATA COMMUNICATIONAugust 2023December 2024Allow1610YesNo
18449524INTER-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (I²C) INTERFACE WITH DEVICE ADDRESS USED FOR DEVICE CONFIGURATIONAugust 2023March 2026Allow3130YesNo
18363967FLASH ARBITRATION IN HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMSAugust 2023August 2025Allow2420NoNo
18223332Systems For High-Speed Computing Using An Optical InterchangeJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18353816GAMING DEVICE WITH A USB INTERFACE FOR DELIVERING POWER AND DATA TO VIDEO DISPLAY MODULESJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18352497ROUTING METHODS, SYSTEMS ON CHIPS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSESJuly 2023January 2026Abandon3020YesNo
18221402UART-HUB DESIGN FOR MULTIPLE DATA TRANSMISSIONJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18348360ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, MONITORING CHIP, AND OPERATION METHODJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18348565Non-MTP Module IntegrationJuly 2023June 2025Allow2320NoNo
18346540ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2023April 2025Allow2110NoNo
18270232SERVER MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND SERVERJune 2023October 2023Allow400NoNo
18212938PROVIDING MULTI-REQUEST ARBITRATION GRANT POLICIES FOR TIME-SENSITIVE ARBITRATION DECISIONS IN PROCESSOR-BASED DEVICESJune 2023April 2025Allow2220NoNo
18330250TECHNIQUES FOR DECONFLICTING USB TRAFFIC IN AN EXTENSION ENVIRONMENTJune 2023January 2025Allow2010NoNo
18204376SMART ENUMERATION FOR A DONGLEMay 2023June 2025Allow2420YesNo
18204246METHODS TO EXTEND NOC INTERCONNECT ACROSS MULTIPLE DICE IN 3DMay 2023June 2025Allow2420YesNo
18325611Method and Apparatus for Identifying Insertion Manner of ConnectorMay 2023June 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18320933NON-STANDARD BUS CONTROLLER-BASED PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE (PLD) ARCHITECTURE FOR INTERCONNECTING MULTIPLE BUS CONTROLLERS AND INCREASED NUMBERS OF PLD MODULESMay 2023December 2025Allow3110NoNo
18199163TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEMay 2023July 2025Allow2600NoNo
18320121UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) HOST DATA SWITCH WITH INTEGRATED EQUALIZERMay 2023May 2025Allow2420NoNo
18315120SECURING NETWORK ACCESS USING DYNAMICALLY GENERATED BAUD-RATESMay 2023September 2025Allow2930YesNo
18034357DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023April 2025Allow2320NoNo
18249703ESPI-Based Method and Device for Enhancing Server SecurityApril 2023September 2024Allow1700NoNo
18299006MASTER DEVICE IDENTIFYING ADDRESS OF SLAVE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPERATING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2023January 2025Allow2210YesNo
18131185COMPUTING SYSTEM INCLUDING CXL SWITCH, MEMORY DEVICE AND STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFApril 2023December 2024Allow2010YesNo
18129535DYNAMIC BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER MEMORY USEMarch 2023March 2025Allow2320YesNo
18128901Wide Elastic BufferMarch 2023October 2024Allow1830NoNo
18124101SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE DEVICES FOR DE-SERIALIZING AND SERIALIZING DATA TRANSMISSIONMarch 2023January 2025Allow2220NoNo
18186524PCIE PERIPHERAL SHARINGMarch 2023March 2024Allow1210NoNo
18182116METHOD OF STORING INSTRUCTIONS IN PROGRAM MEMORY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMMarch 2023November 2024Allow2010NoNo
18119578DATA BURST SUSPEND MODE USING PAUSE DETECTIONMarch 2023August 2024Allow1710NoNo
18176089HOT TRANSITION OF I2C TO I3CFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2420YesNo
18173791DATA BUS INVERSION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMEFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1600NoNo
18174029AUTHENTICATED CONTROL SEQUENCES TO INITIALIZE SENSORS OVER A MULTI-TARGET INTERFACE BUSFebruary 2023October 2024Allow1910NoNo
18171025ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA AND METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2320YesNo
18109590Dynamically-Sized Data Structures on Data Flow ArchitecturesFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1910NoNo
18166978SWITCHING DATA BASED ON A BUS IDENTIFIER AND A DEVICE IDENTIFIERFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3640YesNo
18103305ESTABLISHING A TRUSTED CONNECTION WITH A PERIPHERAL DEVICEJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2420YesNo
18156834LOCK RELEASE MANAGEMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910YesNo
18098469Multi-Threaded, Self-Scheduling Reconfigurable Computing FabricJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910NoNo
18154203SELF-CONFIGURING UART INTERFACE AND METHOD OF OPERATIONJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1400NoNo
18154127SLAVE-INITIATED COMMUNICATIONS OVER A SINGLE-WIRE BUSJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910NoNo
18090222NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICEDecember 2022September 2025Allow3240YesNo
18090254BACKSIDE INTERFACE FOR CHIPLET ARCHITECTURE MIXINGDecember 2022February 2025Allow2620NoNo
18068134ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2022August 2024Allow2010NoNo
18084523BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022September 2024Allow2120NoNo
18068355DIRECT DATA TRANSFER SYSTEMDecember 2022February 2024Allow1400NoNo
18081939Chiplet Architecture Data Processing Devices And MethodsDecember 2022March 2024Allow1500NoNo
17994105CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND WRITING INTERACTION DEVICENovember 2022September 2024Allow2210NoNo
17980834SPREAD SPECTRUM CLOCKING FOR SENSOR INTERFACENovember 2022January 2024Allow1400NoNo
17922974CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022July 2024Allow2020NoNo
18052387SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND PACKET TRANSMISSION METHODNovember 2022September 2024Allow2210NoNo
18051991INTER-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SOUND (I2S) SERIAL BUS INTERFACE WITH SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE SAMPLE RATESNovember 2022August 2024Allow2110NoNo
17971341INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE DEVICE, AND CALIBRATION METHODOctober 2022July 2024Allow2110NoNo
17916667SCRAMBLE AND DESCRAMBLE HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION METHOD BASED ON DATA BIT WIDTH EXPANSIONOctober 2022March 2023Allow500NoNo
17958554INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEOctober 2022February 2025Allow2930YesNo
17957732Connection Modification based on Traffic PatternSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3020YesNo
17953343SIGNAL TRANSCEIVING DEVICE AND SIGNAL TRANSCEIVING METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2530YesNo
17945248SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SECURED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN COMPUTERS AND PERIPHERAL DEVICESSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210NoNo
17823529USB MULTIPLEXING SINGLE-WIRE INTERFACE UNIT, CHIP AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2022February 2023Allow500NoNo
17899582NEGOTIATING ASYMMETRIC LINK WIDTHS DYNAMICALLY IN A MULTI-LANE LINKAugust 2022August 2024Allow2320YesNo
17823242ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2022November 2023Allow1500NoNo
17896721SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR DYNAMIC HIGH SPEED LANE DIRECTION SWITCHING FOR ASYMMETRICAL INTERFACESAugust 2022December 2024Abandon2820YesNo
17889103ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH EXTERNAL DEVICE THROUGH USB INTERFACE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFORAugust 2022January 2024Allow1710YesNo
17886720SOLID-STATE STORAGE DRIVE AND SOLID-STATE STORAGE DRIVE CONTROL METHODAugust 2022October 2024Allow2620NoNo
17818098UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS PORT CONTROLLER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSAugust 2022January 2024Allow1810NoNo
17815995ADDRESSING MULTIPHASE POWER STAGE MODULES FOR POWER STATE AND THERMAL MANAGEMENTJuly 2022May 2024Allow2220YesNo
17875457ADAPTIVE CREDIT-BASED REPLENISHMENT THRESHOLD USED FOR TRANSACTION ARBITRATION IN A SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS MULTIPLE LEVELS OF CREDIT EXPENDITUREJuly 2022April 2024Allow2120NoNo
17814302COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SLAVE UNIT USED FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHODJuly 2022January 2024Allow1810NoNo
17867638MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS HAVING MULTIPLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN RESPONSE TO A SAME INSTRUCTIONJuly 2022September 2023Allow1410NoNo
17861886LATENCY AND POWER EFFICIENT CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY IN A HIGH-SPEED ONE-WIRE BIDIRECTIONAL BUSJuly 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17845717SHARING HIGH SPEED SERIAL INTERCONNECTS FOR DIFFERENT PROTOCOLSJune 2022February 2024Allow2010NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WANG, HARRY Z.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
72.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
78.5%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 50.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner WANG, HARRY Z - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WANG, HARRY Z works in Art Unit 2184 and has examined 116 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WANG, HARRY Z's allowance rate of 86.2% places them in the 64% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by WANG, HARRY Z receive 2.50 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 73% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by WANG, HARRY Z is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 78% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WANG, HARRY Z. This interview benefit is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 35.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 16% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 58.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 13% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 15% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

    Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

    • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
    • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
    • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
    • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
    • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
    • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

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