Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: AHMED, SHAMIM

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1713 1792

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+13.4% vs TC avg
1245
Total Applications
+22.1%
Interview Lift
1038
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1197 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
13.5%
§102 Novelty
54.4%
§103 Obviousness
18.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18709461 ETCHANT AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ETCHING TITANIUM DIOXIDE Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18779953 ENDPOINT DETECTION IN LOW OPEN AREA AND/OR HIGH ASPECT RATIO ETCH APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18631989 METHOD FOR ETCHING RUTHENIUM Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18536370 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE FUNCTIONAL MEMBRANE AND THE FUNCTIONAL MEMBRANE Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18820797 TITANIUM OXIDE-BASED CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING COMPOSITION FOR HEAVILY-DOPED BORON SILICON FILMS Non-Final OA ENTEGRIS, INC.
18234960 ETCHING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ETCHING PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
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
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
18275321 POLISHING COMPOSITION Final Rejection FUJIMI INCORPORATED
18223137 POLISHING COMPOSITION, POLISHING METHOD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE Final Rejection FUJIMI INCORPORATED
18283083 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE FOR MEMORY ELEMENTS Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
18375009 Method of Plasma Etching Non-Final OA SPTS Technologies Limited
18088607 SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR METAL FILM FOR CONTACT PROCESS Non-Final OA KCTECH CO., LTD.
18255600 POLISHING COMPOSITION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING,METHOD FOR PREPARING POLISHING COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT TO WHICH POLISHING COMPOSITION IS APPLIED Non-Final OA SK enpulse Co., Ltd.
18255958 POLISHING COMPOSITION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING,METHOD FOR PREPARING POLISHING COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT TO WHICH POLISHING COMPOSITION IS APPLIED Final Rejection SKC ENPULSE CO., LTD.
17435927 SILICON NITRIDE ETCHING LIQUID COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha

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