Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: AHMED, SHAHED

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2813 2823

This examiner grants 91% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.7%
Allow Rate
+22.7% vs TC avg
1,013
Total Applications
+0.2%
Interview Lift
696
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 969 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
10.1%
§102 Novelty
79.2%
§103 Obviousness
5.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18378789 INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE INCLUDING METAL LINE AND TOP VIA FORMED THROUGH DIFFERENT PROCESSES Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18381501 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18402718 HIGH VOLTAGE AND HIGH CURRENT SUPER SWITCH Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18133246 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18550726 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18325034 SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18477907 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE CONTAINING LATERALLY UNDULATING ISOLATION TRENCHES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17947071 FERRORELECTRIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FEFET) DEVICES WITH LOW OPERATING VOLTAGE CAPABILITIES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17943812 DIODES WITH BACKSIDE CONTACT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17690358 TRANSISTOR ARRANGEMENTS WITH REDUCED DIMENSIONS AT THE GATE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18238269 MEMORY DEVICE HAVING 2-TRANSISTOR VERTICAL MEMORY CELL AND SEPARATE READ AND WRITE DATA LINES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18364240 SYNAPSE DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND NEUROMORPHIC DEVICE INCLUDING SYNAPSE DEVICE Non-Final OA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
18455975 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA TIANJIN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18350765 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
18540482 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT COMPRISING A TRANSISTOR CELL Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18478365 THRESHOLD VOLTAGE TUNING OF NFET VIA IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ALUMINUM-FREE CONDUCTIVE LAYER Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18362873 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE WELLS Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18205678 HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18458589 VERTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA NEXPERIA B.V.
17981322 QUDITS EMPLOYING NONLINEAR DIELECTRICS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
18364148 SILICON-GERMANIUM HETEROSTRUCTURES WITH SHEAR STRAIN AND GERMANIUM CONCENTRATION OSCILLATIONS FOR ENHANCED VALLEY SPLITTING Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17546491 SUBSTRATE MODIFICATIONS TO SUPPRESS CORRELATED ERRORS IN MULTIQUBIT ARRAYS Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18477755 Transformer Packages Providing Magnetostriction Management Non-Final OA Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
18107537 POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING NON-RECTANGULAR SEMICONDUCTOR DIE FOR ENHANCED MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS AND REDUCED STRESS AND ELECTRIC FIELD CONCENTRATIONS Non-Final OA Wolfspeed, Inc.
18259942 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA OOKUMA DIAMOND DEVICE Inc.
18260140 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB2 CO., LTD.
18097286 HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation

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