Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
141 pending office actions • 43 art units • 89 examiners • 0 of 141 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 218 patents granted in the last 365 days
ASM IP Holding B.V. has 142 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio spans 91 distinct examiners and 41 distinct art units, showing substantial examiner coverage across a more concentrated technical-unit structure. Effective management requires coordinated docket controls and art-unit-aware prosecution review.
MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D is the busiest identified examiner, with 6 pending matters. That cluster may support focused examiner research and consistent preparation for related interactions. The broader distribution still requires separate assessment of claim scope, cited art, and response options for matters outside the cluster.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 68 (48%) |
| §102 only | 3 (2%) |
| §112 only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 62 (44%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 6 | 29.9% | +33.1% |
| SWEELY, KURT D | 6 | 52.5% | +34.2% |
| TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 5 | 49.4% | +26.4% |
| HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 4 | 54.7% | +22.5% |
| MILLER, MICHAEL G | 4 | 52.3% | +15.6% |
| FORD, NATHAN K | 4 | 32.6% | +35.2% |
| REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | 4 | 42.3% | +50.5% |
| KLUNK, MARGARET D | 4 | 44.0% | +31.5% |
| LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 3 | 56.4% | +19.8% |
| BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 3 | 56.2% | +16.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18131279 | GAS-PHASE METHOD OF FORMING RADIATION-SENSITIVE PATTERNABLE MATERIAL | LEE, ALEXANDER N | 25d overdue |
| 18925862 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPOSITING METAL PHOSPHIDE | TUROCY, DAVID P | 19d overdue |
| 17900065 | METHOD OF FORMING AN UNDERLAYER FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET (EUV) DOSE REDUCTION AND STRUCTURE INCLUDING SAME | ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | 5d overdue |
| 18092362 | REMOTE PLASMA UNIT AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING REMOTE PLASMA | MOORE, KARLA A | 4d overdue |
| 17457605 | HIGH PERFORMANCE SUSCEPTOR APPARATUS | NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z | 3d overdue |
| 18402950 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING STRUCTURES COMPRISING A THRESHOLD VOLTAGE TUNING LAYER | JUNGE, BRYAN R. | 12d |
| 18110403 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING THE SURFACE OF AN EPITAXIALLY GROWN SILICON FILM USING A RADICAL SPECIES | QI, HUA | 21d |
| 18089635 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HEATING AND TEMPERATURE MONITORING | AMAR, MARC J | 22d |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17864698 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT UNIT, THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 49d overdue |
| 18179187 | SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH GAS LINE FOR TRANSPORTING EXCITED SPECIES AND RELATED METHODS | REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | 26d |
| 18596144 | REACTANT VAPORIZER AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 28d |
| 17990776 | METHOD OF FORMING SIOC AND SIOCN LOW-K SPACERS | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 28d |
| 18787053 | PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS, REACTION CHAMBERS INCLUDING PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS, AND METHODS FOR FORMING AND UTILIZING PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS | SWEELY, KURT D | 33d |
| 17896218 | CVD APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING CHAMBER OF CVD APPARATUS | KLUNK, MARGARET D | 33d |
| 18234549 | METHOD OF FORMING MATERIAL WITHIN A RECESS | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 34d |
| 17689392 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | KLUNK, MARGARET D | 55d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 34 |
| 1716 | 17 |
| 1717 | 10 |
| 1712 | 7 |
| 1714 | 6 |
| 3753 | 5 |
| 2899 | 5 |
| 2897 | 4 |
| 1759 | 3 |
| 1713 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19448851 | STANDARD BASE COMPONENTS FOR FORMING INBOARD AND OUTBOARD SUBSTRATE HANDLING CHAMBERS AND THEIR USE IN PRODUCTION OF SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS WITH EXPANDED PRODUCTION CAPACITY | HOLLY, LEE A | 3729 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2026 |
| 19401507 | METHOD OF FILLING GAP WITH FLOWABLE CARBON LAYER | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 1717 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2025 |
| 19313558 | SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR FORMING SUPER-LATTICE STRUCTURES USING SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS | ZERVIGON, RUDY | 1716 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19284207 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPOSITING METAL CARBIDE ON A SUBSTRATE | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19283552 | METHOD OF FORMING LOW-K MATERIAL LAYER, STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE LAYER, AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING SAME | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19251984 | METHODS FOR FORMING A DOPED HIGH-K LAYER ON A SUBSTRATE | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 50d | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19234603 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING A SILICON OXYCARBIDE LAYER AND STRUCTURE FORMED USING SAME | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19199769 | Methods for Depositing Gap-Filling Fluids and Related Systems and Devices | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19194543 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER | MILLER, MICHAEL G | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19180592 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 1718 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19175324 | METHOD OF FORMING A STRUCTURE INCLUDING CARBON MATERIAL, STRUCTURE FORMED USING THE METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING THE STRUCTURE | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19084915 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1718 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19075175 | METHOD OF DEPOSITING SILICON NITRIDE THIN FILM IN TRENCH OF SUBSTRATE | LOUIE, MANDY C | 1718 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19068714 | DETECTING FAILED PULSE FROM RF POWER SOURCE | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19065143 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PULSE OF A PRECURSOR | MILLER, MICHAEL G | 1712 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19064376 | END EFFECTOR AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME | AHADI, ELIA | 3652 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19042619 | SUSCEPTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND THE MANUFACTURED SUSCEPTOR USING THE SAME | WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L | 2875 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19036574 | SUBSTARATE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH VUV INTENSITY CONTROL | ASFAW, MESFIN T | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19032149 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PRECURSOR RECYCLING | ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L | 1716 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2025 |
| 19008803 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AREA-SELECTIVE DEPOSITION | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19007858 | GAS MANIFOLD AND ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME | MURPHY, KEVIN F | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19000941 | METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF METAL-CONTAINING MATERIAL | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18985379 | APPARATUS FOR A SUBSTRATE SUPPORT WITH MULTI-ZONE CONTROL | WILSON, LEE D | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18982214 | DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC FILMS | LU, JIONG-PING | 1713 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18975928 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER ARM AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME | LE, HUAN G | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18973788 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AN IN-SITU ETCH OF REACTION CHAMBERS WITH FLUORINE-BASED RADICALS | REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER | 1713 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18962111 | LOAD LOCK ARRANGEMENTS CONFIGURED FOR PERFORMING PARALLEL PROCESSES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KEENAN, JAMES W | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18930631 | METHOD FOR FORMING A RARE-EARTH-CONTAINING LAYER, APPARATUS, AND STRUCTURE | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18928314 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUSCEPTOR LEVELING | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18925862 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPOSITING METAL PHOSPHIDE | TUROCY, DAVID P | 1718 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18904480 | MIXING BLOCKS FOR FLUID SYSTEMS, FIXTURES AND FIXTURE ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING MIXING BLOCKS, AND METHODS OF MAKING MIXING BLOCKS FOR FLUID SYSTEMS | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18904974 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING EQUIPMENT | CAMPBELL, NATASHA N. | 1714 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18900134 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING ANISOTROPIC LAYER | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18900571 | SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF INHIBITOR MATERIAL AND DEPOSITION ASSEMBLIES | ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18889069 | SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC POLYMER MATERIAL AND DEPOSITION ASSEMBLIES | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1715 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18883125 | METHODS FOR FORMING A METAL SILICATE LAYER FOR CONTROLLING A THRESHOLD VOLTAGE OF A METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR | RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18817440 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A SUSCEPTOR ASSEMBLY | COMBER, KEVIN J | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18817489 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A GAS LINE MATRIX AND INTERCHANGE ASSEMBLY | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 3753 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18816095 | DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18815636 | METHODS OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES, SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS | WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL | 2897 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18806906 | LOAD LOCK ARRANGEMENTS, SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS INCLUDING LOAD LOCK ARRANGEMENTS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR REGULATING THE TEMPERATURE OF SUBSTRATES WITHIN LOAD LOCK ARRANGEMENTS | WILSON, GREGORY A | 3762 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18788490 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | MINNEY, GABRIEL SEBASTIAN | 2897 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18786895 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE SURFACE | TALBOT, BRIAN K | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18787053 | PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS, REACTION CHAMBERS INCLUDING PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS, AND METHODS FOR FORMING AND UTILIZING PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS | SWEELY, KURT D | 1718 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18783002 | METHOD FOR FORMING A MOLYBDENUM SILICIDE LAYER ON A SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE | MILLER, MICHAEL G | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18780059 | BOTTOM-UP METAL NITRIDE FORMATION | ARMAND, MARC ANTHONY | 2813 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18775963 | DETERMINING SUBSTRATE DECENTERING IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS EMPLOYED TO DEPOSIT MATERIAL LAYERS ONTO SUBSTRATES | RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W | 1746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18754246 | METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR DEPOSITING MATERIAL IN A GAP | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18755620 | MATERIAL LAYER DEPOSITION METHODS, SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING THICKNESS OF PRECOAT MATERIAL LAYERS IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS | LOUIE, MANDY C | 1718 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18742250 | METHODS FOR SILICON GERMANIUM UNIFORMITY CONTROL USING MULTIPLE PRECURSORS | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 1714 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
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