Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
112 pending office actions • 29 art units • 93 examiners • 0 of 112 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 309 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 | 49 (44%) |
| §102 only | 8 (7%) |
| §112 only | 4 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 6 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 41 (37%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A | 3 | 86.5% | +7.8% |
| MULERO FLORES, ERIC MANUEL | 3 | 83.3% | +16.4% |
| GOODWIN, DAVID J | 3 | 67.3% | +16.5% |
| AUTORE JR, MARIO ANDRES | 2 | 57.8% | +31.8% |
| ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT | 2 | — | — |
| BLACKWELL, ASHLEY NICOLE | 2 | 97.3% | -1.2% |
| MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | 2 | 89.5% | +10.4% |
| TRAN, TONY | 2 | 70.5% | +33.5% |
| KARIMY, TIMOR | 2 | 82.2% | +9.7% |
| PARK, SAMUEL | 2 | 84.5% | +24.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18742098 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | KARIMY, TIMOR | — |
| 18739600 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING DOUBLE SIDE WORD LINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A | — |
| 18678395 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | KARIMY, TIMOR | — |
| 18648641 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH FILLING LAYER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | BLACKWELL, ASHLEY NICOLE | — |
| 18640236 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING BIT LINE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | PARK, SAMUEL | — |
| 18624147 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | MULERO FLORES, ERIC MANUEL | — |
| 18381889 | PROBING PAD DESIGN IN SCRIBE LINE FOR FLIP CHIP PACKAGE | MULERO FLORES, ERIC MANUEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17741593 | MEMORY DEVICE HAVING PROTRUDING CHANNEL STRUCTURE | LI, MEIYA | 78d overdue |
| 18523109 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | NEWTON, VALERIE N | 30d overdue |
| 17879981 | METAL STRUCTURE HAVING FUNNEL-SHAPED INTERCONNECT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LIN, JOHN | 8d overdue |
| 18326018 | TEST SYSTEM AND TEST METHOD TO WAFERS | LEE, HWA S | 1d overdue |
| 18129204 | PROBING PAD DESIGN IN SCRIBE LINE FOR FLIP CHIP PACKAGE | MULERO FLORES, ERIC MANUEL | 7d |
| 18140085 | CIRCUIT PROBING PAD DESIGN IN SCRIBE LINE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP | GOODWIN, DAVID J | 26d |
| 17879995 | WIRING STRUCTURE WITH CONDUCTIVE FEATURES HAVING DIFFERENT CRITICAL DIMENSIONS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | JUNGE, BRYAN R. | 27d |
| 18382218 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE INCLUDING FUSE STRUCTURE EMBEDDED IN SUBSTRATE | GRAY, AARON J | 60d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18129204 | PROBING PAD DESIGN IN SCRIBE LINE FOR FLIP CHIP PACKAGE | MULERO FLORES, ERIC MANUEL | 7d |
| 18140085 | CIRCUIT PROBING PAD DESIGN IN SCRIBE LINE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP | GOODWIN, DAVID J | 26d |
| 18883948 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING FUSES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | AUTORE JR, MARIO ANDRES | — |
| 18816126 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING FUSES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | AUTORE JR, MARIO ANDRES | — |
| 18765112 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING A MEMORY STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | — |
| 18763037 | VERTICAL MEMORY STUCTURE WITH AIR GAPS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | TRAN, TONY | — |
| 18733103 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING A MEMORY STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | — |
| 18664653 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING BIT LINE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | PARK, SAMUEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2898 | 14 |
| 2897 | 14 |
| 2812 | 12 |
| 2818 | 10 |
| 2811 | 9 |
| 2893 | 8 |
| 2817 | 7 |
| 2899 | 7 |
| 2892 | 3 |
| 2815 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19262117 | MEMORY MODULE AND METHOD FOR TESTING MEMORY MODULE | BUTLER, SARAI E | 2114 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19231932 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE FOR DETECTING VERTICAL ELECTRICAL LEAKAGE | KUPP, BENJAMIN MICHAEL | 2893 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19071780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING MEMORY DEVICE | YANG, HAN | 2824 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19049232 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING BIT LINE CONTACTS OVER THE SUBSTRATE | IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA | 2817 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19000707 | MEMORY TESTING SYSTEM AND MEMORY TESTING METHOD | TRAN, MICHAEL THANH | 2827 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18987803 | MEMORY-PAIRED SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND REPAIR METHOD THEREOF | LUU, PHO M | 2824 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18906159 | TEMPERATURE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | FATIMA, UROOJ | 2676 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18888460 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DIPOLE PORTION AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH | 2893 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18888508 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ABDELAZIEZ, YASSER A | 2898 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18886056 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DECOUPLING UNIT | ANDREWS, FELIX BRYAN | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18883948 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING FUSES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | AUTORE JR, MARIO ANDRES | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18883908 | CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE INCLUDING CAPACITOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT | 2899 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18882731 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | MIHALIOV, DMITRI | 2812 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18816126 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING FUSES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | AUTORE JR, MARIO ANDRES | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18814870 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SELF-ALIGNING CONTACT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | BLACKWELL, ASHLEY NICOLE | 2897 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18805822 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SPACER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | DINKE, BITEW A | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18804397 | CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE INCLUDING CAPACITOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT | 2899 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18804340 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH LEAKAGE CURRENT GUIDE PATH AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | ESKRIDGE, CORY W | 2898 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18791464 | METHOD OF PLASMA ETCHING | TRAN, BINH X | 1713 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18770906 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SUPPORTING LAYER | PHAM, HOAI V | 2892 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18766956 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH AIR GAP AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | ALBRECHT, PETER M | 2811 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18765112 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING A MEMORY STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18763037 | VERTICAL MEMORY STUCTURE WITH AIR GAPS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | TRAN, TONY | 2893 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18755963 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH PROGRAMMABLE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | NGUYEN, SOPHIA T | 2893 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18741826 | WAREHOUSE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON | 2491 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18742098 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | KARIMY, TIMOR | 2818 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18741098 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE INCLUDING HEAT SINK STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 2893 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18740524 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | NGUYEN, NIKI HOANG | 2818 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18739600 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING DOUBLE SIDE WORD LINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18736847 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH COMPOSITE INTERVENING STRUCTURE | REAMES, MATTHEW L | 2896 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18736859 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH STACKED CONDUCTIVE PLUGS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M | 2897 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18733103 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING A MEMORY STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | 2898 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18678395 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | KARIMY, TIMOR | 2818 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18675156 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | MOTT, ADAM JOSEPH | 2817 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18675166 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | MOHAMED-ALY, KAREEM M | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18674906 | METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2024 |
| 18673298 | INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE | LE, THAO P | 2818 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18668441 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING LANDING PAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | HAIDER, WASIUL | 2812 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18664653 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING BIT LINE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | PARK, SAMUEL | 2818 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18664628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WAFER MEASUREMENT | FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18653129 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING DOUBLE SIDE WORD LINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A | 2812 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18652774 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | WALL, VINCENT | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18651931 | METHOD FOR FORMING CONDUCTORS AND THEIR CONTACTS WHICH CARRY SIGNALS FOR ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES | TYNES JR., LAWRENCE C | 2899 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18648641 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH FILLING LAYER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | BLACKWELL, ASHLEY NICOLE | 2897 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18642232 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN | 2818 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18640236 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING BIT LINE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | PARK, SAMUEL | 2818 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18638100 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | FREY, KIMBERLY NEWMAN | 2817 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18635343 | RECESS GATE AND INTERCONNECTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | YASMEEN, NISHATH | 2811 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18631791 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | PAGE, STEVEN MITCHELL CHR | 2812 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18630913 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD MANUFACTURING THE SAME | JANG, BO BIN | 2818 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNANYA TECHNOLOGY Corporation has 112 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 29 art units and 93 examiners.
Didarul A Mazumder has the most, with 3 of NANYA TECHNOLOGY Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.