Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ALAWDI, ANWER AHMED

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2147 2851

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.0%
Allow Rate
+12.0% vs TC avg
34
Total Applications
+25.0%
Interview Lift
1484
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 5 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
70.8%
§103 Obviousness
5.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18048205 METHOD OF CORRECTING A DESIGN LAYOUT OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, A COMPUTING DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME AND A METHOD OF FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17841734 MASK LAYOUT CORRECTION METHODS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING, AND MASK MANUFACTURING METHODS INCLUDING THE CORRECTION METHODS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18484016 SCALING FOR DIE-LAST ADVANCED IC PACKAGING Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
17545781 RECIPE OPTIMIZATION THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
17780345 TOOL FOR USE IN WELL TUBING AND METHOD OF USING SAME Non-Final OA Expro North Sea Limited
17663087 TUNABLE BUS FOR OPERATING CROSS-RESONANCE QUANTUM GATES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17924626 SYSTEMS, PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PATTERNING DEVICES AND PATTERNS THEREFOR Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
17796434 DETERMINING LITHOGRAPHIC MATCHING PERFORMANCE Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
17780287 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING TARGET FEATURES OF A PATTERN IMAGED ONTO A SUBSTRATE Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
17806273 MICROROBOT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
18814436 ITERATIVE MASK OPTIMIZATION BIASED TOWARDS CRITICAL REGIONS OF LAYOUT Non-Final OA D2S, Inc.
17836992 PHOTOMASK DESIGN CORRECTION METHOD Final Rejection United Microelectronics Corp.
17558952 BOOLEAN METHODS FOR ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER (ECO) PATCH IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection Synopsys, Inc.
17986104 OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM, MASK, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
17966340 Resistive Flex Attenuator for a Qubit Environment Final Rejection Quantum Circuits, LLC

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