Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: AHMED, SHAMIM

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1713 1792

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.5%
Allow Rate
+13.5% vs TC avg
1,246
Total Applications
+22.0%
Interview Lift
1000
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1205 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
4.2%
§102 Novelty
75.0%
§103 Obviousness
1.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18609533 CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING SLURRY COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18709461 ETCHANT AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ETCHING TITANIUM DIOXIDE Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18631989 METHOD FOR ETCHING RUTHENIUM Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18536370 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE FUNCTIONAL MEMBRANE AND THE FUNCTIONAL MEMBRANE Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18424262 SELECTIVE ETCHING IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18376050 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18615192 CARBON HARD MASK, FILM FORMING APPARATUS, AND FILM FORMING METHOD Non-Final OA National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
18820797 TITANIUM OXIDE-BASED CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING COMPOSITION FOR HEAVILY-DOPED BORON SILICON FILMS Non-Final OA ENTEGRIS, INC.
18231926 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR POLISHING OF MATERIALS Non-Final OA ENTEGRIS, INC.
18394206 SILICON ETCHING SOLUTION, METHOD OF TREATING SILICON SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
18235120 ETCHING SOLUTION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON DEVICE AND METHOD OF TREATING SUBSTRATE USING THE ETCHING SOLUTION Final Rejection TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
18848283 POLISHING COMPOSITION AND POLISHING METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA FUJIMI INCORPORATED
18820001 POLISHING COMPOSITION, POLISHING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA FUJIMI INCORPORATED
18543206 POLISHING COMPOSITION, POLISHING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA FUJIMI INCORPORATED
18278467 POLISHING COMPOSITION AND POLISHING METHOD USING THE SAME Final Rejection FUJIMI INCORPORATED
18283083 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE FOR MEMORY ELEMENTS Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
18088607 SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR METAL FILM FOR CONTACT PROCESS Non-Final OA KCTECH CO., LTD.
18077509 COMPOSITION FOR THE SELECTIVE ETCHING OF SILICON Non-Final OA ENF TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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