Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

266 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

266
Total Pending OAs
60
Final Rejections
206
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19022869 SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER STORAGE DEVICE GEHMAN, BRYON P 3736 Non-Final OA Jan 15, 2025
19001089 DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 Non-Final OA Dec 24, 2024
18981170 PERMEANCE MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY OTT, PATRICK S 1794 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2024
18936841 GAN RELIABILITY BUILT-IN SELF TEST (BIST) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUALIFYING DYNAMIC ON-STATE RESISTANCE DEGRADATION RETEBO, METASEBIA T 2842 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2024
18935100 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WAFER MANUFACTURING PROCESS MANAGEMENT PATTON, SPENCER D 3656 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2024
18790426 STRUCTURE FOR MULTIPLE SENSE AMPLIFIERS OF MEMORY DEVICE BUI, THA-O H 2825 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18790296 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOGIC CELL-BASED PUF GENERATORS JOHNSON, AMY COHEN 2400 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18790969 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING A PACKAGE KO, JASON Y 1711 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18788717 DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH EM RADIATION TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 Non-Final OA Jul 30, 2024
18787934 VACUUM ASSEMBLY FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING MOORE, KARLA A 1716 Non-Final OA Jul 29, 2024
18786966 METHOD OF FORMING A 3D STACKED CHIP INCLUDING FORMING A FIRST DIE ON ONE SIDE OF A THROUGH-SUBSTRATE VIA (TSV) AND FORMING A SECOND DIE ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TSV AFTER THINNING OF THE SUBSTRATE TO EXPOSE THE TSV MAI, ANH D 2893 Non-Final OA Jul 29, 2024
18785067 BONDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT 1745 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2024
18784608 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING IMPURITIES DURING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2024
18783178 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AN EUV MASK RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2882 Non-Final OA Jul 24, 2024
18782988 IMAGE SENSOR FOR SENSING LED LIGHT WITH REDUCED FLICKERING CHEN, CHIA WEI A 2637 Non-Final OA Jul 24, 2024
18781567 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2882 Non-Final OA Jul 23, 2024
18781018 Metal Contacts on Metal Gates and Methods Thereof CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 Final Rejection Jul 23, 2024
18781721 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEBRIS IN A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2882 Non-Final OA Jul 23, 2024
18770552 ELECTRICAL PASSIVE ELEMENTS OF AN ESD POWER CLAMP IN A BACKSIDE BACK END OF LINE (B-BEOL) PROCESS PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS 2838 Non-Final OA Jul 11, 2024
18767858 CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR COMPENSATING A MISMATCH IN A SENSE AMPLIFIER BEGUM, SULTANA 2824 Non-Final OA Jul 09, 2024
18767843 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUF GENERATOR CHARACTERIZATION FAROOQUI, QUAZI 2491 Non-Final OA Jul 09, 2024
18757659 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING BOTH GATE-ALL-AROUND DEVICES AND PLANAR DEVICES GEBREMARIAM, SAMUEL A 2811 Non-Final OA Jun 28, 2024
18751423 SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION SYSTEM EMBEDDED WITH EFFECTIVE BAKING MODULE LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT 1716 Non-Final OA Jun 24, 2024
18737457 HANDLER WITH COOLING HEAD AND DOUBLE-SIDED FIN STRUCTURE AURORA, REENA 2858 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2024
18679091 A STRUCTURE COMPRISING A RECONSTRUCTED PACKAGE SUBSTRATE INCLUDING AN ENCAPSULATED SUBSTRATE BLOCK NGUYEN, KHIEM D 2892 Non-Final OA May 30, 2024
18677345 LAYOUT DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR STACKED DEVICES MENZ, DOUGLAS M 2897 Final Rejection May 29, 2024
18674351 COIL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME MOURAD, RASEM 2836 Non-Final OA May 24, 2024
18655568 MEMORY DEVICES WITH GATE ALL AROUND TRANSISTORS TRAN, ANTHAN 2825 Non-Final OA May 06, 2024
18654268 Structure and Method of Forming a Joint Assembly RAMPERSAUD, PRIYA M 2897 Non-Final OA May 03, 2024
18626229 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH ELONGATED PATTERN HO, TU TU V 2818 Non-Final OA Apr 03, 2024
18616604 CONNECTOR FOR OPTICAL FIBER ALIGNMENT PEACE, RHONDA S 2874 Non-Final OA Mar 26, 2024
18615403 GATE STRUCTURE AND PATTERNING METHOD OH, JAEHWAN 2899 Non-Final OA Mar 25, 2024
18610375 CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING APPARATUS AND METHOD MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES 3723 Non-Final OA Mar 20, 2024
18593661 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE KIM, SU C 2899 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2024
18582240 SELF-ALIGNED METHOD FOR FORMING AN OPTICAL MODULATOR ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA 2874 Non-Final OA Feb 20, 2024
18439614 AUTOMATIC LEVELING IMMERSION COOLING TANK AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME FENG, ZHENGFU J 2835 Non-Final OA Feb 12, 2024
18439340 Photolithography Methods and Resulting Structures DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. 1713 Non-Final OA Feb 12, 2024
18431187 PHOTONIC SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH 2896 Non-Final OA Feb 02, 2024
18415770 INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1712 Non-Final OA Jan 18, 2024
18415092 OPTICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH 2896 Non-Final OA Jan 17, 2024
18412358 VACUUM WAFER CHUCK FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES KREILING, AMANDA J 3726 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2024
18410329 VIA-FIRST SELF-ALIGNED INTERCONNECT FORMATION PROCESS TRAN, TAN N 2812 Non-Final OA Jan 11, 2024
18410060 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME ISAAC, STANETTA D 2898 Non-Final OA Jan 11, 2024
18402944 ARRANGING BOND PADS TO REDUCE IMPACT ON PASSIVE DEVICES GREER, RIANNA BLISS 2814 Non-Final OA Jan 03, 2024
18401851 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE WONG, TINA MEI SENG 2874 Non-Final OA Jan 02, 2024
18402061 System on Integrated Chips (SoIC) and Semiconductor Structures with Integrated SoIC JAHAN, BILKIS 2817 Non-Final OA Jan 02, 2024
18532787 SMART WAFER TRANSPORT CASE WITH SENSOR SYSTEM EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 3628 Non-Final OA Dec 07, 2023
18530102 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE 2814 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2023
18526828 CONTACT AIR GAP FORMATION AND STRUCTURES THEREOF BOWEN, ADAM S 2897 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18526084 Low-K Gate Spacer and Methods for Forming the Same CHANG, JAY C 2817 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18526496 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME ABEL, GARY ROBERT 2897 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18526498 THROUGH VIAS AND GUARD RINGS OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18526397 TRANSISTOR ISOLATION REGIONS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME BOWEN, ADAM S 2897 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18524627 FLASH MEMORY STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME FAN, SU JYA 2818 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18524386 MODIFYING TSV LAYOUT AND THE STRUCTURES THEREOF CIESLEWICZ, ANETA B 2893 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18521726 ADJUSTABLE NOZZLE DEVICE TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1717 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2023
18518081 Metal Contact Structure and Method of Forming the Same in a Semiconductor Device PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D 2814 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2023
18516478 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE FOR CHIP IDENTIFICATION YI, CHANGHYUN 2812 Non-Final OA Nov 21, 2023
18514126 Chamfered Die of Semiconductor Package and Method for Forming the Same ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 2817 Non-Final OA Nov 20, 2023
18512194 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE NGUYEN, NIKI HOANG 2818 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2023
18512146 WAFER CHUCK ASSEMBLY KACKAR, RAM N 1716 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2023
18510091 METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ISAAC, STANETTA D 2898 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2023
18507726 Semiconductor Package With Thermal Conductive Structure and the Methods of Forming the Same HARRISTON, WILLIAM A 2899 Non-Final OA Nov 13, 2023
18504714 CONDUCTIVE CONTACT HAVING BARRIER LAYERS WITH DIFFERENT DEPTHS JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA 2899 Non-Final OA Nov 08, 2023
18502485 ANTI-PLASMA COATING GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 Non-Final OA Nov 06, 2023
18499908 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH DUAL LAYER ISOLATION STRUCTURE AND METHOD ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 2817 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2023
18489994 Auto Recipe Generation and Dicing Process FARINA, MICHAEL VINCENT 2115 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2023
18490363 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE NGUYEN, CUONG B 2818 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2023
18490014 PACKAGE CONNECTORS IN SEMICONDCUTOR PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING ZHU, SHENG-BAI 2897 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2023
18482954 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME SUN, YU-HSI DAVID 2817 Non-Final OA Oct 09, 2023
18476591 DIE STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME TRAPANESE, WILLIAM C 2812 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18476619 SELECTIVE BOTTOM SEED LAYER FORMATION FOR BOTTOM-UP EPITAXY MUNOZ, ANDRES F 2818 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18475782 Middle Dielectric Isolation in Complementary Field-Effect Transistor Devices ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K 2891 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2023
18471739 Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 Non-Final OA Sep 21, 2023
18465622 EMBEDDING BARRIER LAYER IN FINE-PITCH BOND STRUCTURES CUTLER, ETHAN EDWARD 2892 Non-Final OA Sep 12, 2023
18463596 BACKSIDE GATE CONTACT, BACKSIDE GATE ETCH STOP LAYER, AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME GREAVING, JASON JAMES 2893 Non-Final OA Sep 08, 2023
18463710 OPTICAL DEVICES CHIEM, DINH D 2874 Final Rejection Sep 08, 2023
18463466 CHANNEL REGIONS IN STACKED TRANSISTORS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME HARRISON, MONICA D 2815 Non-Final OA Sep 08, 2023
18459171 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND METHOD WALJESKI-MOSES, KATRINA MARIE HESTER 2818 Non-Final OA Aug 31, 2023
18240065 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD PARENDO, KEVIN A 2896 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2023
18239283 CONTACTS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME CHI, SUBERR L 2893 Non-Final OA Aug 29, 2023
18457975 SEMICONDUCTOR GAP FILL AND PLANARIZATION BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 2814 Non-Final OA Aug 29, 2023
18455857 PHOTONIC PACKAGES WITH MODULES AND FORMATION METHOD THEREOF BAIG, ANEESA RIAZ 2814 Non-Final OA Aug 25, 2023
18451984 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE WONG, ERIC K 2874 Non-Final OA Aug 18, 2023
18451269 STRESS BUFFER IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND METHOD MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A 2812 Non-Final OA Aug 17, 2023
18449196 Tuning Work Functions of Complementary Transistors ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 Final Rejection Aug 14, 2023
18448686 OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TRAN, HOANG Q 2874 Final Rejection Aug 11, 2023
18232718 Contact Structure For Semiconductor Device AU, BAC H 2898 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18232713 Semiconductor Devices With Backside Power Distribution Network And Frontside Through Silicon Via SYLVIA, CHRISTINA A 2817 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18446753 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF LI, MEIYA 2811 Non-Final OA Aug 09, 2023
18446564 Deposition Apparatus and Method with EM Radiation MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1712 Final Rejection Aug 09, 2023
18446858 WAFER DRYING SYSTEM YUEN, JESSICA JIPING 3762 Final Rejection Aug 09, 2023
18232171 Semiconductor Device With Isolation Structures HOANG, TUAN A 2898 Non-Final OA Aug 09, 2023
18366771 Functional Component Within Interconnect Structure of Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming Same KLEIN, JORDAN M 2893 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2023
18446392 STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE ROLLAND, ALEX A 1759 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2023
18366255 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME FERNANDES, ERROL V 2893 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2023
18366073 Gate Structure of Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming Same KOO, LAMONT B 2813 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2023
18366370 STRUCTURE FOR REDUCING SOURCE/DRAIN CONTACT RESISTANCE AT WAFER BACKSIDE KOO, LAMONT B 2813 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2023
18366297 Nanowire Stack GAA Device with Inner Spacer and Methods for Producing the Same RAHMAN, MOIN M 2898 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2023
18366469 CONTACT PLUG STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME DOAN, THERESA T 2814 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2023
18365050 OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MOONEY, MICHAEL P 2874 Non-Final OA Aug 03, 2023
18364588 Warm Wafer After Ion Cryo-Implantation CHOI, JAMES J 2878 Non-Final OA Aug 03, 2023
18364964 CMOS Fabrication Methods for Back-Gate Transistor HA, NATHAN W 2814 Final Rejection Aug 03, 2023
18365068 Memory Array and Methods of Forming Same LI, MEIYA 2811 Non-Final OA Aug 03, 2023
18364614 METHODS FOR REDUCING SCRATCH DEFECTS IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION BAUMAN, SCOTT E 2815 Non-Final OA Aug 03, 2023
18363096 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND METHOD NGUYEN, THANH T 2893 Non-Final OA Aug 01, 2023
18228333 Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) Thermal Sensor JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER A 2899 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2023
18362649 System Formed Through Package-In-Package Formation SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED 2897 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2023
18362835 MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION STRUCTURES AND RELATED METHODS BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 2811 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2023
18361832 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME MILLER, JAMI VALENTINE 2818 Non-Final OA Jul 29, 2023
18361622 LEAKAGE REDUCTION METHODS AND STRUCTURES THEREOF PARKER, JOHN M 2899 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2023
18361402 BOTTOM ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING MATERIALS ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 Final Rejection Jul 28, 2023
18361569 BENT FIN DEVICES KOO, LAMONT B 2813 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2023
18360447 NANOSTRUCTURE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 2893 Non-Final OA Jul 27, 2023
18359180 Novel CMP Pad Design and Method of Using the Same CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 Final Rejection Jul 26, 2023
18358634 Integrated Circuits Having Protruding Interconnect Conductors GEYER, SCOTT B 2812 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2023
18355258 CONTACT PLUG STRUCTURES OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 Non-Final OA Jul 19, 2023
18352556 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR FORMING RESIST BOTTOM LAYER ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 Final Rejection Jul 14, 2023
18352727 PHOTONIC DEVICE STAHL, MICHAEL J 2874 Non-Final OA Jul 14, 2023
18221160 Methods Of Forming Contact Structure In Semiconductor Devices MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL 2892 Non-Final OA Jul 12, 2023
18350583 Multi-Layer Structures and Methods of Forming KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN 2817 Final Rejection Jul 11, 2023
18348967 Cut Metal Gate Refill With Buffer Layer WELLINGTON, ANDREA L 2800 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2023
18219259 Surface Profile Control Of Passivation Layers In Integrated Circuit Chips VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D 2812 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2023
18347188 Optical Transceiver and Manufacturing Method Thereof STAHL, MICHAEL J 2874 Non-Final OA Jul 05, 2023
18345070 TRANSISTOR CONTACTS AND METHODS OF FORMING THEREOF TAYLOR, EARL N 2896 Non-Final OA Jun 30, 2023
18344635 CARRIER TAPE SYSTEM AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 Non-Final OA Jun 29, 2023
18343447 GUARD RING CAPACITOR METHOD AND STRUCTURE SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P 2812 Non-Final OA Jun 28, 2023
18341897 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A 2812 Non-Final OA Jun 27, 2023
18339672 DYNAMIC EXHAUST FOR CHEMICAL PROCESSING MALLON, BRETT PETERSON 3762 Final Rejection Jun 22, 2023
18338759 Fin Field Effect Transistor (FinFET) Device and Method for Forming the Same JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER A 2899 Non-Final OA Jun 21, 2023
18338107 Multi-Level Stacking of Wafers and Chips GOODWIN, DAVID J 2817 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2023
18335852 PHOTO LIGAND DESIGN FOR EUV OR E-BEAM METALLIC PHOTORESISTS CHU, JOHN S Y 1737 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18335741 CONTACT FORMATION METHOD AND RELATED STRUCTURE PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D 2814 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18334695 Integrated Circuit Package and Methods of Forming the Same TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2023
18334650 Redistribution Lines and The Method Forming the Same Through Stitching ABRAHAM, JOSE K 3729 Final Rejection Jun 14, 2023
18333197 SRAM CELL WITH BALANCED WRITE PORT JUNGE, BRYAN R. 2897 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2023
18331305 NANOSTRUCTURE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING MIHALIOV, DMITRI 2812 Non-Final OA Jun 08, 2023
18330492 VOLTAGE SUPPLY SELECTION CIRCUIT CHEN, SIBIN 2896 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2023
18330229 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH STRAINED CHANNELS AND METHOD DUREN, TIMOTHY EDWARD 2817 Final Rejection Jun 06, 2023
18329472 ETCH PROFILE CONTROL OF GATE CONTACT OPENING HOANG, TUAN A 2898 Non-Final OA Jun 05, 2023
18329396 INTERFACE TRAP CHARGE DENSITY REDUCTION WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 Final Rejection Jun 05, 2023
18328982 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE 2818 Non-Final OA Jun 05, 2023
18327998 Front Side to Backside Interconnection for CFET Devices DUREN, TIMOTHY EDWARD 2817 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2023
18327220 3D Stacking Structure and Method of Fabricating the Same KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 Non-Final OA Jun 01, 2023
18201099 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING DIE CARRIERS JARRETT, RONALD P 3652 Non-Final OA May 23, 2023
18320566 LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHODS ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 Non-Final OA May 19, 2023
18319854 Optical Devices and Methods of Manufacture CHU, CHRIS H 2874 Final Rejection May 18, 2023
18172240 DEVICE WITH THROUGH VIA AND RELATED METHODS SEHAR, FAKEHA 2893 Non-Final OA May 17, 2023
18318985 Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods HUTSON, NICHOLAS LELAND 2818 Final Rejection May 17, 2023
18317003 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 Non-Final OA May 12, 2023
18314446 Complementary Field Effect Transistors and Methods of Forming the Same TURNER, BRIAN 2818 Final Rejection May 09, 2023
18310925 CROSS-LINKABLE PHOTORESIST FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 Non-Final OA May 02, 2023
18308355 Transistor Gate Contacts and Methods of Forming the Same LEE, WOO KYUNG 2815 Non-Final OA Apr 27, 2023
18308266 Stealth Patterning Formation for Bonding Improvement DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. 1713 Final Rejection Apr 27, 2023
18303989 STI LOSS MITIGATION BY RADICAL OXIDATION TREATMENT NICELY, JOSEPH C 2813 Final Rejection Apr 20, 2023
18302948 NFET and PFET with Different Fin Numbers in FinFET Based CFET BOWEN, ADAM S 2897 Non-Final OA Apr 19, 2023
18302935 Bump-on-Trace Design for Enlarge Bump-to-Trace Distance CHI, SUBERR L 2893 Non-Final OA Apr 19, 2023
18298351 IMAGE SENSOR JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER A 2899 Non-Final OA Apr 10, 2023
18297807 Interconnect Structures, Packaged Semiconductor Devices, and Methods of Packaging Semiconductor Devices HOANG, TUAN A 2898 Non-Final OA Apr 10, 2023
18192521 Semiconductor Packages and Methods of Forming the Same NGUYEN, THANH T 2893 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2023
18128129 Passive Device Dies With Measurement Structures NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 Final Rejection Mar 29, 2023
18191702 GATE STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES JUNGE, BRYAN R. 2897 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2023
18190370 Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Manufacture HAYES, MARY A 2874 Non-Final OA Mar 27, 2023
18188314 Crystallization of High-K Dielectric Layer HOANG, TUAN A 2898 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18187233 Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Designing and Forming the Same ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR 2812 Non-Final OA Mar 21, 2023
18186413 Optical Device and Method of Manufacture ST CYR, DANIEL 2876 Non-Final OA Mar 20, 2023
18181085 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH ASYMMETRIC SOURCE/DRAIN DESIGN OZDEN, ILKER NMN 2812 Non-Final OA Mar 09, 2023
18178229 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE RADKOWSKI, PETER 2874 Non-Final OA Mar 03, 2023
18175266 SWITCHABLE POWER SUPPLY TRAN, NGUYEN 2838 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2023
18113561 NOVEL GATE FEATURE IN FINFET DEVICE NARAGHI, ALI 2817 Non-Final OA Feb 23, 2023
18167741 SWITCHABLE SUBSTRATE FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET OR E-BEAM METALLIC RESIST LAN, YAN 1782 Non-Final OA Feb 10, 2023
18163746 CFET SRAM WITH BUTT CONNECTION ON ACTIVE AREA RAHIM, NILUFA 2893 Non-Final OA Feb 02, 2023
18156978 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING EFUSE CELL RAHIM, NILUFA 2893 Non-Final OA Jan 19, 2023
18153978 CHILLER SYSTEM WITH INTELLIGENT CONTROL AHMED, ISTIAQUE 2116 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2023
18153661 Optical Device and Method of Manufacture MOONEY, MICHAEL P 2874 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2023
18153532 Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacture VU, HUNG K 2897 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2023
18153116 Photonic Package and Method of Manufacture MANHEIM, MARC ETIENNE 2874 Non-Final OA Jan 11, 2023
18152511 Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Manufacture HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM 2898 Final Rejection Jan 10, 2023
18152314 Water Cooling System for Semiconductor Package HIBBERT, DANIEL JOHNATHAN 2899 Final Rejection Jan 10, 2023
18152539 Fan-Out Stacked Package and Methods of Making the Same TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 Final Rejection Jan 10, 2023
18152454 Etch Stop Region for Semiconductor Device Substrate Thinning NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 2893 Non-Final OA Jan 10, 2023
18152502 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 Non-Final OA Jan 10, 2023
18151761 METHOD OF FORMING A NANO-FET SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE XU, ZHIJUN 2818 Non-Final OA Jan 09, 2023
18151643 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS TOBERGTE, NICHOLAS J 2817 Non-Final OA Jan 09, 2023
18151714 Methods of Integrated Chip of Ultra-Fine Pitch Bonding and Resulting Structures ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN 2814 Final Rejection Jan 09, 2023
18151856 Die Structures and Methods of Forming the Same TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 Non-Final OA Jan 09, 2023
18151689 MEMS Structure with Reduced Peeling and Methods Forming the Same GEBREMARIAM, SAMUEL A 2811 Non-Final OA Jan 09, 2023
18151061 Well Modulation for Defect Inspection OH, JIYOUNG 2818 Final Rejection Jan 06, 2023
18150912 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH INDUCTIVE COMPONENT AND METHOD OF FORMING PATERSON, BRIGITTE A 2896 Non-Final OA Jan 06, 2023
18150525 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN 2814 Final Rejection Jan 05, 2023
18149935 Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Manufacture NGUYEN, KHIEM D 2892 Final Rejection Jan 04, 2023
18149265 Via Structures BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 2814 Final Rejection Jan 03, 2023
18149336 Optical Engine Including Fiber Deflection Unit and Method Forming the Same PATEL, PREET BAKUL 2874 Final Rejection Jan 03, 2023
17929180 Dielectric Blocking Layer and Method Forming the Same RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE 2818 Final Rejection Sep 01, 2022
17896970 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 Final Rejection Aug 26, 2022
17891634 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2899 Non-Final OA Aug 19, 2022
17819381 Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacture ISAAC, STANETTA D 2898 Non-Final OA Aug 12, 2022
17884636 PMOSFET SOURCE DRAIN NARAGHI, ALI 2817 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2022
17818785 Semiconductor Device and Method KOO, LAMONT B 2813 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2022
17818640 Semiconductor Structure with Pull-in Planarization Layer and Method Forming the Same WHALEN, DANIEL B 2893 Non-Final OA Aug 09, 2022
17882817 HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICE WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 Final Rejection Aug 08, 2022
17818230 EPITAXIAL FEATURES OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 2814 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2022
17883128 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER WITH WAFER CHUCK HAVING FLUID GUIDING STRUCTURE KLUNK, MARGARET D 1716 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2022
17816782 Trimming Through Etching in Wafer to Wafer Bonding OH, JIYOUNG 2818 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2022
17879556 ISOLATION STRUCTURES IN IMAGE SENSORS TRAN, TAN N 2812 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2022
17876779 MULTI-TIP OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICES MOONEY, MICHAEL P 2874 Non-Final OA Jul 29, 2022
17876438 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EFFECTIVE IMPURITY GETTERING GRAY, AARON J 2897 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2022
17875206 HARDENED INTERLAYER DIELECTRIC LAYER CRITE, ANTONIO B 2817 Final Rejection Jul 27, 2022
17875199 SOIC CHIP ARCHITECTURE PATERSON, BRIGITTE A 2896 Final Rejection Jul 27, 2022
17815088 Semiconductor Package and Method OH, JIYOUNG 2818 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2022
17814995 Sensor Package and Method GOODWIN, DAVID J 2817 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2022
17815078 Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA 2818 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2022
17872750 Semiconductor Package and Method of Manufacturing the Same GOODWIN, DAVID J 2817 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2022
17814725 Semiconductor Device and Method WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 Final Rejection Jul 25, 2022
17872439 Semiconductor Device With Facet S/D Feature And Methods Of Forming The Same NARAGHI, ALI 2817 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2022
17872945 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND PERFORMING THIN FILM DEPOSITION KURPLE, KARL 1717 Final Rejection Jul 25, 2022
17871890 IMAGE SENSOR GRID AND METHOD OF FABRICATION OF SAME NARAGHI, ALI 2817 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2022
17870251 SLURRY RECYCLING FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING SYSTEM KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 Non-Final OA Jul 21, 2022
17870423 Fan-Out Packages and Methods of Forming the Same TURNER, BRIAN 2818 Non-Final OA Jul 21, 2022
17869558 Dual Dopant Source/Drain Regions and Methods of Forming Same WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 Non-Final OA Jul 20, 2022
17868635 Methods Of Forming Metal Gate Spacer CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 Final Rejection Jul 19, 2022
17861052 COMPLEMENTARY FET (CFET) DEVICES AND METHODS PARK, SAMUEL 2818 Non-Final OA Jul 08, 2022
17858970 DOPANT PROFILE CONTROL IN GATE STRUCTURES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NEWTON, VALERIE N 2897 Non-Final OA Jul 06, 2022
17809912 Chemical Composition for Tri-Layer Removal PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 Final Rejection Jun 30, 2022
17809039 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD KOLB, THADDEUS J 2817 Final Rejection Jun 27, 2022
17848875 METHOD FOR ISOLATION STRUCTURE FORMATION WITH RECESSED SOURCE/DRAIN EPITAXY STRUCTURES CHIU, TSZ K 2898 Final Rejection Jun 24, 2022
17844476 PACKAGE WITH PERMALLOY CORE INDUCTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF KHALIFA, MOATAZ 2817 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2022
17840362 Molding Structures for Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same WARD, DAVID WILLIAM 2891 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2022
17806329 Packages Including Interconnect Die Embedded in Package Substrates KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 Non-Final OA Jun 10, 2022
17836628 FIN PROFILE MODULATION STEPHENSON, KENNETH STEPHEN 2898 Final Rejection Jun 09, 2022
17834606 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) DESIGN METHODS USING PROCESS FRIENDLY CELL ARCHITECTURES TAT, BINH C 2851 Final Rejection Jun 07, 2022
17805034 Metal Pillars Preventing Wetting on Sidewalls and Method Forming Same HRNJIC, ADIN 2817 Non-Final OA Jun 02, 2022
17750145 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLASMA ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION WITH PROTECTIVE GRID TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 Final Rejection May 20, 2022
17750148 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY WITH HIGH BOILING POINT SOLVENT TALBOT, BRIAN K 1712 Non-Final OA May 20, 2022
17663278 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD WARD, DAVID WILLIAM 2891 Final Rejection May 13, 2022
17742943 Transistor Isolation Regions and Methods of Forming the Same WARD, DAVID WILLIAM 2891 Final Rejection May 12, 2022
17740618 Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Manufacture STARK, JARRETT J 2898 Final Rejection May 10, 2022
17738293 Radiation Control in Semiconductor Processing REVERMAN, CHAD ANDREW 2877 Non-Final OA May 06, 2022
17717731 METHOD OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A LOWER CONDUCTIVE LAYER OF A MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE BEING PLASMA TREATED BEFORE FORMING A SECOND CONDUCTIVE LAYER MAI, ANH D 2893 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2022
17713014 Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming the Same CHEEK, EDWARD RHETT 2813 Final Rejection Apr 04, 2022
17705804 Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Formation NARAGHI, ALI 2817 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2022
17703700 METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR 3DIC POWER DISTRIBUTION CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU 3729 Non-Final OA Mar 24, 2022
17655637 DOPED WELL FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES KARIMY, TIMOR 2818 Final Rejection Mar 21, 2022
17654886 FILM DEPOSITION AND TREATMENT PROCESS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES PRASAD, NEIL R 2897 Final Rejection Mar 15, 2022
17654627 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 2893 Non-Final OA Mar 14, 2022
17675558 Methods of Manufacturing Semiconductor Devices NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 Non-Final OA Feb 18, 2022
17651329 Oxygen-Free Protection Layer Formation in Wafer Bonding Process CULLEN, PATRICK LAWRENCE 2899 Final Rejection Feb 16, 2022
17651099 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 Non-Final OA Feb 15, 2022
17648431 Atomic Layer Etching to Reduce Pattern Loading in High-K Dielectric Layer STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2899 Non-Final OA Jan 20, 2022
17457728 Hybrid Dielectric Scheme in Packages MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED 2847 Non-Final OA Dec 06, 2021
17476418 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 2811 Non-Final OA Sep 15, 2021
17396948 Semiconductor Device and Method TRAN, DZUNG 2893 Final Rejection Aug 09, 2021
17383299 INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE WITH SIDEWALL PROTECTION LAYER WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2021
17374811 ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY SPECIMEN PREPARATION RAHMAN, MOIN M 2898 Final Rejection Jul 13, 2021
17352133 DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD KURPLE, KARL 1717 Final Rejection Jun 18, 2021
17339764 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WAFER UNIFORMITY WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T 2893 Non-Final OA Jun 04, 2021
17318810 GATE BASED RESISTANCE CONTROL UNITS MCINTOSH, ANDREW T 2144 Non-Final OA May 12, 2021
17317968 MULTIPLE POLISHING HEADS WITH CROSS-ZONE PRESSURE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTIONS FOR CMP HUANG, STEVEN 3723 Final Rejection May 12, 2021
17215555 Chip on Package Structure and Method MIYOSHI, JESSE Y 2898 Final Rejection Mar 29, 2021
17107420 METHOD OF FORMING BIOLOGICAL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS INTEGRATED WITH HEATERS BAUMAN, SCOTT E 2815 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2020
17068375 System and Method of Chemical Mechanical Polishing POON, DANA LEE 3723 Final Rejection Oct 12, 2020
17001446 Metal Contacts on Metal Gates and Methods Thereof CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 Non-Final OA Aug 24, 2020
16655156 CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 Non-Final OA Oct 16, 2019
16585859 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF MAI, ANH D 2893 Final Rejection Sep 27, 2019
16283838 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 Non-Final OA Feb 25, 2019
15057734 THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2016

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