Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: ALAWDI, ANWER AHMED

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2147 2851

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.4%
Allow Rate
+3.4% vs TC avg
38
Total Applications
+33.3%
Interview Lift
1375
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 7 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
21.1%
§102 Novelty
72.7%
§103 Obviousness
5.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17671021 OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION METHOD USING CHIEF RAY ANGLE AND PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY METHOD INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17780401 FLUX QUBIT READOUT OF TRANSMON QUBITS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18122612 Systems And Methods For Correcting Errors in Code For Circuit Designs Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18289902 HIGH-LEVEL SYNTHESIS DEVICE, HIGH-LEVEL SYNTHESIS METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18522162 METHOD FOR DESIGNING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT BY USING ANALOG/MIXED-SIGNAL STANDARD CELLS THAT DO NOT VIOLATE LAYOUT RULES OF DIGITAL STANDARD CELLS AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mediatek INC.
18484016 SCALING FOR DIE-LAST ADVANCED IC PACKAGING Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
17545781 RECIPE OPTIMIZATION THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18455745 CIRCUIT DESIGN WITH ENSEMBLE-BASED LEARNING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17834852 CONTROLLED JITTER INJECTION INTO A SIGNAL Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17663087 TUNABLE BUS FOR OPERATING CROSS-RESONANCE QUANTUM GATES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17836992 PHOTOMASK DESIGN CORRECTION METHOD Final Rejection United Microelectronics Corp.
17924626 SYSTEMS, PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PATTERNING DEVICES AND PATTERNS THEREFOR Final Rejection 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.
17936838 WIRING QUALITY TEST METHOD AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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