Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ASSOUMAN, HERVE-LOUIS Y

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2812 2818 2826

This examiner grants 91% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

91.0%
Allow Rate
+23.0% vs TC avg
690
Total Applications
+4.1%
Interview Lift
838
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 648 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
21.2%
§102 Novelty
54.3%
§103 Obviousness
9.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18507224 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18225447 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18345065 BUMP LANDING WITH BOND WIRES FOR IMPROVED SOLDER WETTING Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18381299 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Tianma Advanced Display Technology Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
18381331 LOW TEMPERATURE CO-FLOW EPITAXIAL DEPOSITION PROCESS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18408633 BACKSIDE ANGLED SOURCE/DRAIN CONTACT STRUCTURE Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18518179 UTILIZING MEMORY CHIP THROUGH-SILICON VIAS FOR CONNECTING LOGIC CHIP TO SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18155912 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING INSULATING STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THROUGH VIA AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18557210 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A VERTICAL POWER SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT, AND VERTICAL POWER SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18188965 METAL-INSULATOR-METAL (MIM) CAPACITOR INTERCONNECT FOR HIGH-QUALITY (Q) INDUCTOR-CAPACITOR (LC) FILTER Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18506163 HETEROSTRUCTURE HAVING NON-VOLATILE ACTUATABLE POLARIZATION Non-Final OA Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
18398028 IMAGE SENSING DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
17563921 MULTI-DIE COMMUNICATIONS COUPLINGS USING A SINGLE BRIDGE DIE Final Rejection ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
18397847 HIGH DNAMIC RANGE OPTICAL SENSOR USING TRENCH CAPACITORS WITH SIDEWALL STRUCTURES Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
18172904 PROTECTION DAM FOR A POWER MODULE WITH SPACERS Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
18761587 ELECTRONIC IMAGING DETECTOR WITH THERMAL CONDUCTION LAYER Non-Final OA Gatan, Inc.
18345607 DIRECT BONDING ON BURIED POWER RAILS Final Rejection Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies, Inc.
18572868 DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA XIAMEN EXTREMELY PQ DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18535259 QW-QD LED With Suppressed Auger Recombination Non-Final OA The Government of the Unites States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18503950 CHIPLET-FINE-INTERCONNECTION-PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS, GUANGDONG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
18104856 THROUGH-SILICON-VIA STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, THROUGH-SILICON-VIA INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA GUSU LABORATORY OF MATERIALS

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