Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ALANKO, ANITA KAREN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1713 1716 1792 2874 2884 2896 3794

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.0%
Allow Rate
At TC average
735
Total Applications
-16.5%
Interview Lift
1092
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 709 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
19.5%
§102 Novelty
46.7%
§103 Obviousness
21.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18640332 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND A SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18376034 ETCHING GAS AND ETCHING METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18698175 METHOD FOR PREPARING METAL MESH AND METHOD FOR PREPARING ANTENNA Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18616347 POLISHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.
18688600 Microfabricated Multiemitter Electrospray Thrusters Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18423888 OPTICAL SIGNAL REDIRECTION STRUCTURE FOR PHOTONICS DEVICE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18805783 SELECTIVE ETCHING OF SILICON-AND-GERMANIUM-CONTAINING MATERIAL Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18783581 METHOD OF INTEGRATED COPPER OXIDE REMOVAL AND LOW K REPAIR PROCESS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18636684 CONTROLLED ETCH OF SILICON NITRIDE MATERIAL Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18615556 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18764779 SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18607272 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ETCHING SILICON NITRIDE Non-Final OA ENTEGRIS, INC.
17784228 CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING COMPOSITION AND CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA ENTEGRIS, INC.
18696009 Triazole- And/Or Triazolium-Based Polymers And Copolymers As Additives For Chemical Mechanical Planarization Slurries Non-Final OA Versum Materials US, LLC
18849771 POLISHING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA FUJIMI INCORPORATED
18696793 POLISHING COMPOSITION Final Rejection FUJIMI INCORPORATED
18605224 POLISHING COMPOSITION, POLISHING METHOD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE Final Rejection FUJIMI INCORPORATED
18818710 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING IMPEDANCE AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE WITH THE APPARATUS Non-Final OA SEMES Co., Ltd.
18332233 ETCHING GAS COMPOSITION, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE ETCHING GAS COMPOSITION Final Rejection SEMES CO., LTD.
18795161 SURFACTANTS FOR ELECTRONICS Final Rejection AdvanSix Resins & Chemicals LLC

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