Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

218 pending office actions • 50 art units • 161 examiners • 0 of 218 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,041 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

218
Total Pending OAs
167
Non-Final OAs
42
Final Rejections
9
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 216 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

105
Overdue
5
Due this week
50
Due this month
33
Due in next 60 days
23
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 216 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (105)Due ≤ 7 days (5)Due ≤ 30 days (50)Due ≤ 60 days (33)Due later (23)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (1%)
187
Medium (86%)
12
Easy (6%)
17
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (1%)
§103 only168 (77%)
§102 only17 (8%)
§112 only12 (6%)
Double-patenting + other2 (1%)
No statute on record17 (8%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

27
Life Sciences
12% of docket
4
Information Tech
2% of docket
1
Communications
0% of docket
179
Semiconductors
82% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
3% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

2,180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
436 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
763 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
19.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ENAD, CHRISTINE A 5 84.2% +10.2%
NARAGHI, ALI 5 86.3% +5.5%
KOO, LAMONT B 4 80.5% +4.9%
WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 4 85.0% +9.9%
RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 3 80.8% +13.7%
CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 3 41.5% +4.9%
TRAN, TAN N 3 86.6% +10.1%
RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE 3 91.7% -16.7%
BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 3 88.3% +7.3%
BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 3 59.1% +30.2%

Quick Wins (28)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18366073 Gate Structure of Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming Same KOO, LAMONT B 66d overdue
17818785 Semiconductor Device and Method KOO, LAMONT B 46d overdue
18781567 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 36d overdue
17383299 INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE WITH SIDEWALL PROTECTION LAYER WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 31d overdue
18526498 THROUGH VIAS AND GUARD RINGS OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF ENAD, CHRISTINE A 24d overdue
18355258 CONTACT PLUG STRUCTURES OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME ENAD, CHRISTINE A 18d overdue
18678463 Using A Self-Assembly Layer To Facilitate Selective Formation of An Etching Stop Layer TRAN, TAN N 17d overdue
18328982 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE 15d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18783178 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AN EUV MASK RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 8d overdue
17860228 USING REDUCED READ ENERGY BASED ON THE PARTIAL-SUM GUDAS, JAKOB OSCAR 70d

Interview Candidates (14)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18781567 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 36d overdue
18526498 THROUGH VIAS AND GUARD RINGS OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF ENAD, CHRISTINE A 24d overdue
18355258 CONTACT PLUG STRUCTURES OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME ENAD, CHRISTINE A 18d overdue
18678463 Using A Self-Assembly Layer To Facilitate Selective Formation of An Etching Stop Layer TRAN, TAN N 17d overdue
17476418 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 15d overdue
18783178 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AN EUV MASK RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 8d overdue
18781721 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEBRIS IN A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 8d overdue
18410329 VIA-FIRST SELF-ALIGNED INTERCONNECT FORMATION PROCESS TRAN, TAN N 22d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2898 19
2817 18
2893 18
2818 15
2811 14
2812 12
2897 12
2899 11
2814 11
2874 9

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19022869 SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER STORAGE DEVICE GEHMAN, BRYON P 3736 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2025
18935100 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WAFER MANUFACTURING PROCESS MANAGEMENT PATTON, SPENCER D 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 01, 2024
18790426 STRUCTURE FOR MULTIPLE SENSE AMPLIFIERS OF MEMORY DEVICE BUI, THA-O H 2825 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18790969 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING A PACKAGE KO, JASON Y 1711 Other Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18790296 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOGIC CELL-BASED PUF GENERATORS JOHNSON, AMY COHEN 2400 Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18788717 DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH EM RADIATION TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2024
18789253 DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD OTT, PATRICK S 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18787934 VACUUM ASSEMBLY FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING MOORE, KARLA A 1716 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18785067 BONDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT 1745 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18784608 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING IMPURITIES DURING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2024
18782988 IMAGE SENSOR FOR SENSING LED LIGHT WITH REDUCED FLICKERING CHEN, CHIA WEI A 2637 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18783178 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AN EUV MASK RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2882 §101 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18781567 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2882 §112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18781018 Metal Contacts on Metal Gates and Methods Thereof CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18781721 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEBRIS IN A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending 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 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18767843 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUF GENERATOR CHARACTERIZATION FAROOQUI, QUAZI 2491 Other Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18767858 CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR COMPENSATING A MISMATCH IN A SENSE AMPLIFIER BEGUM, SULTANA 2824 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18757659 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING BOTH GATE-ALL-AROUND DEVICES AND PLANAR DEVICES GEBREMARIAM, SAMUEL A 2811 §112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18759649 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH INNER SPACER LINER LAYER AND METHOD OJEH, NDUKA E 2892 DPOther Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18751423 SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION SYSTEM EMBEDDED WITH EFFECTIVE BAKING MODULE LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT 1716 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 24, 2024
18737457 HANDLER WITH COOLING HEAD AND DOUBLE-SIDED FIN STRUCTURE AURORA, REENA 2858 §112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18678463 Using A Self-Assembly Layer To Facilitate Selective Formation of An Etching Stop Layer TRAN, TAN N 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18679091 A STRUCTURE COMPRISING A RECONSTRUCTED PACKAGE SUBSTRATE INCLUDING AN ENCAPSULATED SUBSTRATE BLOCK NGUYEN, KHIEM D 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18674351 COIL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME MOURAD, RASEM 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 24, 2024
18655568 MEMORY DEVICES WITH GATE ALL AROUND TRANSISTORS TRAN, ANTHAN 2825 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18654268 Structure and Method of Forming a Joint Assembly RAMPERSAUD, PRIYA M 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 03, 2024
18646469 CMOS IMAGE SENSOR STRUCTURE CHAN, CANDICE 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18616604 CONNECTOR FOR OPTICAL FIBER ALIGNMENT PEACE, RHONDA S 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18615403 GATE STRUCTURE AND PATTERNING METHOD OH, JAEHWAN 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18582240 SELF-ALIGNED METHOD FOR FORMING AN OPTICAL MODULATOR ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Feb 20, 2024
18437960 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE CAPUTO, LISA M 2874 §102 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18431187 PHOTONIC SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18415770 INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18415092 OPTICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2024
18410329 VIA-FIRST SELF-ALIGNED INTERCONNECT FORMATION PROCESS TRAN, TAN N 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18402944 ARRANGING BOND PADS TO REDUCE IMPACT ON PASSIVE DEVICES GREER, RIANNA BLISS 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 03, 2024
18402061 System on Integrated Chips (SoIC) and Semiconductor Structures with Integrated SoIC JAHAN, BILKIS 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 02, 2024
18402065 OPTICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE PEACE, RHONDA S 2874 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Jan 02, 2024
18401851 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE WONG, TINA MEI SENG 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 02, 2024
18532787 SMART WAFER TRANSPORT CASE WITH SENSOR SYSTEM EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2023
18530102 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18526498 THROUGH VIAS AND GUARD RINGS OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18524627 FLASH MEMORY STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME FAN, SU JYA 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18524386 MODIFYING TSV LAYOUT AND THE STRUCTURES THEREOF CIESLEWICZ, ANETA B 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18521726 ADJUSTABLE NOZZLE DEVICE TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18520414 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME CHA, GRACE YEH-EUN SAET 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18518081 Metal Contact Structure and Method of Forming the Same in a Semiconductor Device PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D 2814 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18516431 CLEANING PROCESS FOR SOURCE/DRAIN EPITAXIAL STRUCTURES HUNTER III, CARNELL 2893 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18514126 Chamfered Die of Semiconductor Package and Method for Forming the Same ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18512194 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE NGUYEN, NIKI HOANG 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18513116 STRESS LINERS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES VU, HUNG K 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18510091 METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ISAAC, STANETTA D 2898 §102 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18507726 Semiconductor Package With Thermal Conductive Structure and the Methods of Forming the Same HARRISTON, WILLIAM A 2899 Other Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18504714 CONDUCTIVE CONTACT HAVING BARRIER LAYERS WITH DIFFERENT DEPTHS JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA 2899 Other Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2023
18502485 ANTI-PLASMA COATING GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18499908 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH DUAL LAYER ISOLATION STRUCTURE AND METHOD ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18490363 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE NGUYEN, CUONG B 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18490014 PACKAGE CONNECTORS IN SEMICONDCUTOR PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING ZHU, SHENG-BAI 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18489367 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ISOLATION OF CONTACT AND SOURCE/DRAIN STRUCTURES KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M 2897 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18486322 PIXEL SENSORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME KAO, SOPHIA WEI-CHUN 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18482954 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME SUN, YU-HSI DAVID 2817 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18476619 SELECTIVE BOTTOM SEED LAYER FORMATION FOR BOTTOM-UP EPITAXY MUNOZ, ANDRES F 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18476591 DIE STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME TRAPANESE, WILLIAM C 2812 §102 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18475782 Middle Dielectric Isolation in Complementary Field-Effect Transistor Devices ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18471739 Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18465622 EMBEDDING BARRIER LAYER IN FINE-PITCH BOND STRUCTURES CUTLER, ETHAN EDWARD 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2023
18463596 BACKSIDE GATE CONTACT, BACKSIDE GATE ETCH STOP LAYER, AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME GREAVING, JASON JAMES 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18463466 CHANNEL REGIONS IN STACKED TRANSISTORS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME HARRISON, MONICA D 2815 §102 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18459171 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND METHOD WALJESKI-MOSES, KATRINA MARIE HESTER 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18240065 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD PARENDO, KEVIN A 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18457975 SEMICONDUCTOR GAP FILL AND PLANARIZATION BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 2814 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18239283 CONTACTS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME CHI, SUBERR L 2893 §112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18455857 PHOTONIC PACKAGES WITH MODULES AND FORMATION METHOD THEREOF BAIG, ANEESA RIAZ 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18451984 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE WONG, ERIC K 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18451269 STRESS BUFFER IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND METHOD MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18232718 Contact Structure For Semiconductor Device AU, BAC H 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18232713 Semiconductor Devices With Backside Power Distribution Network And Frontside Through Silicon Via SYLVIA, CHRISTINA A 2817 §102 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18232719 METHOD OF FORMING BIOLOGICAL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS INTEGRATED WITH HEATERS BAUMAN, SCOTT E 2815 §103 Final Rejection 146d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18446564 Deposition Apparatus and Method with EM Radiation MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1712 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Aug 09, 2023
18446918 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD WITH WORK FUNCTION TUNING LAYERS XU, ZHIJUN 2818 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Aug 09, 2023
18446753 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF LI, MEIYA 2811 Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
18446858 WAFER DRYING SYSTEM YUEN, JESSICA JIPING 3762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2023
18366771 Functional Component Within Interconnect Structure of Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming Same KLEIN, JORDAN M 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18366255 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME FERNANDES, ERROL V 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18366073 Gate Structure of Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming Same KOO, LAMONT B 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18365068 Memory Array and Methods of Forming Same LI, MEIYA 2811 Other Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2023
18365050 OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MOONEY, MICHAEL P 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2023
18363096 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND METHOD NGUYEN, THANH T 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18228333 Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) Thermal Sensor JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER A 2899 §102 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18362835 MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION STRUCTURES AND RELATED METHODS BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18362649 System Formed Through Package-In-Package Formation SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18362266 CONTROLLED DOPING IN A GATE DIELECTRIC LAYER HOANG, TUAN A 2898 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18361832 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME MILLER, JAMI VALENTINE 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 29, 2023
18361569 BENT FIN DEVICES KOO, LAMONT B 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18360447 NANOSTRUCTURE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18358634 Integrated Circuits Having Protruding Interconnect Conductors GEYER, SCOTT B 2812 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18355258 CONTACT PLUG STRUCTURES OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18352556 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR FORMING RESIST BOTTOM LAYER ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18352055 DEVICE HAVING MULTIPHASE DIELECTRIC LAYER AND METHOD VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18221160 Methods Of Forming Contact Structure In Semiconductor Devices MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023
18350429 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH IMPROVED GATE CONTROL HOANG, TUAN A 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jul 11, 2023
18348967 Cut Metal Gate Refill With Buffer Layer WELLINGTON, ANDREA L 2800 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18219259 Surface Profile Control Of Passivation Layers In Integrated Circuit Chips VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18344635 CARRIER TAPE SYSTEM AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18344615 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 2811 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18343680 DEVICE HAVING HYBRID NANOSHEET STRUCTURE AND METHOD DAS, PINAKI 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18341897 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2023
18339672 DYNAMIC EXHAUST FOR CHEMICAL PROCESSING MALLON, BRETT PETERSON 3762 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18335852 PHOTO LIGAND DESIGN FOR EUV OR E-BEAM METALLIC PHOTORESISTS CHU, JOHN S Y 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18335741 CONTACT FORMATION METHOD AND RELATED STRUCTURE PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D 2814 §102 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18334695 Integrated Circuit Package and Methods of Forming the Same TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18333197 SRAM CELL WITH BALANCED WRITE PORT JUNGE, BRYAN R. 2897 §102 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18331305 NANOSTRUCTURE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING MIHALIOV, DMITRI 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2023
18330492 VOLTAGE SUPPLY SELECTION CIRCUIT CHEN, SIBIN 2896 Other Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18330229 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH STRAINED CHANNELS AND METHOD DUREN, TIMOTHY EDWARD 2817 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18329396 INTERFACE TRAP CHARGE DENSITY REDUCTION WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 05, 2023
18328982 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18328502 CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE REDUCTION OF HIGH-K DIELECTRIC LAYER SARKER-NAG, AKHEE 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18328207 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OZDEN, ILKER NMN 2812 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18328656 ETCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD KACKAR, RAM N 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18327220 3D Stacking Structure and Method of Fabricating the Same KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 §112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18324036 HEAT DISSIPATION IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES GREEN, TELLY D 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending May 25, 2023
18201099 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING DIE CARRIERS JARRETT, RONALD P 3652 Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 23, 2023
18317003 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending May 12, 2023
18314356 Bond Films for Reduced Thermal Resistance and Methods Forming the Same DULKA, JOHN P 2817 §103 Final Rejection 63d Pending May 09, 2023
18313705 METHOD OF MODELING A MASK BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF MASK PATTERN EDGE INTERACTION SOUNDRANAYAGAM, RAYAPPU NMN 2851 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 08, 2023
18310925 CROSS-LINKABLE PHOTORESIST FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18297922 Multi-Layer Inner Spacers and Methods Forming the Same STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Apr 10, 2023
18298351 IMAGE SENSOR JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER A 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2023
18128129 Passive Device Dies With Measurement Structures NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18191702 GATE STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES JUNGE, BRYAN R. 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18188929 PRE-TREATMENT APPARATUS TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18124980 ISOLATION STRUCTURES IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES KOO, LAMONT B 2813 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18188314 Crystallization of High-K Dielectric Layer HOANG, TUAN A 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18187233 Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Designing and Forming the Same ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR 2812 §112 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18175266 SWITCHABLE POWER SUPPLY TRAN, NGUYEN 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 27, 2023
18113561 NOVEL GATE FEATURE IN FINFET DEVICE NARAGHI, ALI 2817 Other Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2023
18167741 SWITCHABLE SUBSTRATE FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET OR E-BEAM METALLIC RESIST LAN, YAN 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Feb 10, 2023
18163746 CFET SRAM WITH BUTT CONNECTION ON ACTIVE AREA RAHIM, NILUFA 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2023
18156978 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING EFUSE CELL RAHIM, NILUFA 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18153532 Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacture VU, HUNG K 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
18153978 CHILLER SYSTEM WITH INTELLIGENT CONTROL AHMED, ISTIAQUE 2116 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
18153116 Photonic Package and Method of Manufacture MANHEIM, MARC ETIENNE 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
18152511 Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Manufacture HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM 2898 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2023
18152502 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2023
18152409 Defect Inspection System and Method REVERMAN, CHAD ANDREW 2877 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jan 10, 2023
18152314 Water Cooling System for Semiconductor Package HIBBERT, DANIEL JOHNATHAN 2899 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jan 10, 2023
18151643 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS TOBERGTE, NICHOLAS J 2817 §102 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023
18151714 Methods of Integrated Chip of Ultra-Fine Pitch Bonding and Resulting Structures ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN 2814 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023
18151792 FILM MODIFICATION FOR GATE CUT PROCESS TRICE III, WILLIAM CLARENCE 2893 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18151856 Die Structures and Methods of Forming the Same TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18150912 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH INDUCTIVE COMPONENT AND METHOD OF FORMING PATERSON, BRIGITTE A 2896 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 06, 2023
18151222 Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2899 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Jan 06, 2023
18150474 Transistor Gate Structures and Methods of Forming the Same CHIN, EDWARD 2893 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jan 05, 2023
18150642 Gate Isolation Regions and Fin Isolation Regions and Method Forming the Same ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 §112 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jan 05, 2023
18150034 Packaged Memory Device and Method GOODWIN, DAVID J 2817 Final Rejection 171d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2023
18149265 Via Structures BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 2814 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jan 03, 2023
18066762 IMAGE SENSOR GRID AND METHOD OF FABRICATION OF SAME NARAGHI, ALI 2817 DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 15, 2022
17976313 VERTICAL NOISE REDUCTION IN 3D STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WHALEN, DANIEL B 2893 Other Final Rejection 57d Pending Oct 28, 2022
17929180 Dielectric Blocking Layer and Method Forming the Same RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE 2818 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 01, 2022
17898075 Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same GREEN, TELLY D 2898 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Aug 29, 2022
17896970 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Aug 26, 2022
17892344 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD KOLB, THADDEUS J 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 132d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2022
17891634 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17819381 Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacture ISAAC, STANETTA D 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 295d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022
17818785 Semiconductor Device and Method KOO, LAMONT B 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2022
17884636 PMOSFET SOURCE DRAIN NARAGHI, ALI 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 10, 2022
17818230 EPITAXIAL FEATURES OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 2814 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 08, 2022
17883128 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER WITH WAFER CHUCK HAVING FLUID GUIDING STRUCTURE KLUNK, MARGARET D 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 08, 2022
17879556 ISOLATION STRUCTURES IN IMAGE SENSORS TRAN, TAN N 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 02, 2022
17816782 Trimming Through Etching in Wafer to Wafer Bonding OH, JIYOUNG 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2022
17815968 FinFET Having Non-Merging Epitaxially Grown Source/Drains HSIEH, HSIN YI 2899 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Jul 29, 2022
17876779 MULTI-TIP OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICES MOONEY, MICHAEL P 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2022
17876438 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EFFECTIVE IMPURITY GETTERING GRAY, AARON J 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2022
17875206 HARDENED INTERLAYER DIELECTRIC LAYER CRITE, ANTONIO B 2817 §103 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17875199 SOIC CHIP ARCHITECTURE PATERSON, BRIGITTE A 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Jul 27, 2022
17815088 Semiconductor Package and Method OH, JIYOUNG 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2022
17872750 Semiconductor Package and Method of Manufacturing the Same GOODWIN, DAVID J 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jul 25, 2022
17871890 IMAGE SENSOR GRID AND METHOD OF FABRICATION OF SAME NARAGHI, ALI 2817 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Jul 22, 2022
17870251 SLURRY RECYCLING FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING SYSTEM KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 21, 2022
17870423 Fan-Out Packages and Methods of Forming the Same TURNER, BRIAN 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2022
17860228 USING REDUCED READ ENERGY BASED ON THE PARTIAL-SUM GUDAS, JAKOB OSCAR 2151 §101 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jul 08, 2022
17858970 DOPANT PROFILE CONTROL IN GATE STRUCTURES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NEWTON, VALERIE N 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2022
17848875 METHOD FOR ISOLATION STRUCTURE FORMATION WITH RECESSED SOURCE/DRAIN EPITAXY STRUCTURES CHIU, TSZ K 2898 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2022
17840362 Molding Structures for Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same WARD, DAVID WILLIAM 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2022
17806329 Packages Including Interconnect Die Embedded in Package Substrates KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 §102 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jun 10, 2022
17836628 FIN PROFILE MODULATION STEPHENSON, KENNETH STEPHEN 2898 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jun 09, 2022
17834606 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) DESIGN METHODS USING PROCESS FRIENDLY CELL ARCHITECTURES TAT, BINH C 2851 §102 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jun 07, 2022
17752730 ON-LINE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECIALTY GASSES GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending May 24, 2022
17740618 Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Manufacture STARK, JARRETT J 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending May 10, 2022
17738293 Radiation Control in Semiconductor Processing REVERMAN, CHAD ANDREW 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 06, 2022
17734975 POLYMER CROSSLINK DE-CROSSLINK PROCESSES FOR RESIST PATTERNING CHU, JOHN S Y 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending May 02, 2022
17713014 Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming the Same CHEEK, EDWARD RHETT 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2022
17705804 Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Formation NARAGHI, ALI 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 28, 2022
17654886 FILM DEPOSITION AND TREATMENT PROCESS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES PRASAD, NEIL R 2897 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 15, 2022
17654627 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2022
17675558 Methods of Manufacturing Semiconductor Devices NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Feb 18, 2022
17651615 Method of Forming a Semiconductor Device with a Low Dielectric Constant Dielectric Layer NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022
17651329 Oxygen-Free Protection Layer Formation in Wafer Bonding Process CULLEN, PATRICK LAWRENCE 2899 §112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Feb 16, 2022
17651099 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2022
17457728 Hybrid Dielectric Scheme in Packages MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2021
17457709 Laser-Assisted Epitaxy and Etching for Manufacturing Integrated Circuits SONG, MATTHEW J 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 06, 2021
17476418 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2021
17396948 Semiconductor Device and Method TRAN, DZUNG 2893 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Aug 09, 2021
17383299 INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE WITH SIDEWALL PROTECTION LAYER WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2021
17374811 ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY SPECIMEN PREPARATION RAHMAN, MOIN M 2898 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jul 13, 2021
17352133 DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD KURPLE, KARL 1717 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 18, 2021
17339764 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WAFER UNIFORMITY WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2021
17232319 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED PRODUCTION YIELD SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Apr 16, 2021
17215555 Chip on Package Structure and Method MIYOSHI, JESSE Y 2898 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2021
17150044 FINFET DEVICE AND METHOD WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Jan 15, 2021
17107420 METHOD OF FORMING BIOLOGICAL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS INTEGRATED WITH HEATERS BAUMAN, SCOTT E 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 30, 2020
17001446 Metal Contacts on Metal Gates and Methods Thereof CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2020
16870704 PHOTORESIST UNDER-LAYER AND METHOD OF FORMING PHOTORESIST PATTERN CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending May 08, 2020
16585859 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF MAI, ANH D 2893 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2019
16520210 EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET MASK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Jul 23, 2019
16283838 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Feb 25, 2019

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