Examiner Hannah S. Wang

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: January 2026 (5 months ago).

Examiner Hannah S. Wang appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 49.6%, they average 3.06 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 3.06

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2016-2026)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2450 - Computer Networks

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 129
Granted Applications: 64
Non-Granted Applications: 65
Avg OA / Grant: 3.06
Last OA Observed: January 2026 (5 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2454 , 2456 , 2631
Work Groups Seen: 2450 - Computer Networks

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	49.6%	3.06
Art Unit	42	64.3%	2.14
Group	208	59.3%	2.41
Tech Center	1,727	60.4%	2.14
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2016; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2016	4	2	50.0%
2017	19	6	31.6%
2018	33	17	51.5%
2019	16	11	68.8%
2020	25	12	48.0%
2021	9	5	55.6%
2022	9	4	44.4%
2023	7	6	85.7%
No observed data for 2024.
2025	5	1	20.0%
2026	2	0	0.0%

64 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	130	0.0%	1.5%	96.9%	0.8%
2	111	0.0%	0.9%	99.1%	0.0%
3	73	0.0%	0.0%	98.6%	0.0%
4	58	0.0%	0.0%	98.3%	1.7%
5	26	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	19	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	7	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%