Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 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
1,253
Total Applications
+22.0%
Interview Lift
1001
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1215 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
13.7%
§102 Novelty
55.0%
§103 Obviousness
19.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18924443 METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE USING SLURRY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18609533 CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING SLURRY COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18408986 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A, Inc
17875458 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.
18730007 COMPOSITION, ITS USE AND A PROCESS FOR SELECTIVELY ETCHING SILICON-GERMANIUM MATERIAL Non-Final OA BASF SE
18709461 ETCHANT AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ETCHING TITANIUM DIOXIDE Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18394206 SILICON ETCHING SOLUTION, METHOD OF TREATING SILICON SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
18477399 POLISHING APPARATUS HAVING BEAM FOR SURFACE TREATMENT AND POLISHING METHOD USING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18925695 Subtractive Metal flow with Tip-to-Tip Critical Dimension Reduction Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18818964 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18918152 ETCHING METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18842620 HARD MASK, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND REMOVAL METHOD FOR HARD MASK Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18424262 SELECTIVE ETCHING IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18376050 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18820797 TITANIUM OXIDE-BASED CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING COMPOSITION FOR HEAVILY-DOPED BORON SILICON FILMS Final Rejection ENTEGRIS, INC.
18231926 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR POLISHING OF MATERIALS Non-Final OA ENTEGRIS, INC.
18882142 POLISHING COMPOSITION WITH PRINTED PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING PRINTED PARTICLES Final Rejection NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18794068 POLISHING COMPOSITION WITH PRINTED PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING PRINTED PARTICLES Final Rejection NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18848121 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
18615192 CARBON HARD MASK, FILM FORMING APPARATUS, AND FILM FORMING METHOD Final Rejection National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
18715108 POLISHING SLURRY COMPOSITION Final Rejection KCTECH CO.,LTD.
18088607 SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR METAL FILM FOR CONTACT PROCESS Final Rejection KCTECH CO., LTD.
18283083 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE FOR MEMORY ELEMENTS Final Rejection MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
18956558 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.

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