Dong Hui Liang
(he/him/his)Overview
Dong Hui Liang assists the firm in patent litigation. He brings more than a decade of patent examination experience at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), along with a technical background in electrical engineering, including display technologies, touchscreens, head-mounted devices, embedded systems, and data processing.
Dong joined the USPTO as a junior patent examiner in 2014 and has served as a primary patent examiner since 2019. He has experience searching patents, patent publications, and scientific literature databases for prior art to determine the patentability of applications. In 2021, Dong served as a detailee to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, where he observed hearings in patent appeals, researched the technical and legal issues raised in appealed cases, briefed administrative patent judges, and drafted opinions.
Before joining the USPTO, Dong was a technical advisor at an intellectual property law firm, where he reviewed and drafted patent specifications and claims, analyzed patentability, searched prior art in electrical systems and data processing, and prepared responses to office actions. He also interned as an electrical engineer at a defense electronics company, programming microcontrollers for smart displays and assisting with patent clearance searches.
Prior to joining Wolf Greenfield full time, Dong was a summer associate in the firm's Litigation Practice during the summers of 2023 and 2024.
Interests
- Snowboarding
- Hiking
- Photography