Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BENNETT, CHARLEE

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1713 1714 1718 1759 2893

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.6%
Allow Rate
-10.4% vs TC avg
603
Total Applications
+36.1%
Interview Lift
1359
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 547 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
0.3%
§102 Novelty
90.1%
§103 Obviousness
1.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18670957 DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DEPOSITING SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18377885 GAS INLET TUBE ASSEMBLY FOR AN IMPROVED GAS MIXTURE IN A SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
17962009 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PURGING REACTOR LOWER CHAMBERS WITH ETCHANTS DURING FILM DEPOSITION Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18653097 FAST RESPONSE PEDESTAL ASSEMBLY FOR SELECTIVE PRECLEAN Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18379915 SHOWERHEAD DESIGN FOR PLASMA-ENHANCED DEPOSITION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18122484 INJECTORS, LINERS, PROCESS KITS, PROCESSING CHAMBERS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR GAS FLOW IN BATCH PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18108407 OVERLAPPING SUBSTRATE SUPPORTS AND PRE-HEAT RINGS, AND RELATED PROCESS KITS, PROCESSING CHAMBERS, METHODS, AND COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18076234 THERMAL CHOKE PLATE Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
17970451 PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBERS CONFIGURED FOR TUNABLE SUBSTRATE AND EDGE SHEATH CONTROL Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18454632 HARD MASK DEPOSITION USING DIRECT CURRENT SUPERIMPOSED RADIO FREQUENCY PLASMA Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
17889632 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ETCHING METHOD Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18279755 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HEATING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18182862 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Kokusai Electric Corporation
17903499 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE MOUNTING TABLE COVER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Kokusai Electric Corporation
18987741 VACUUM TREATMENT APPARATUS AND VACUUM TREATMENT METHOD Non-Final OA ULVAC, INC.
18767915 RF POWER COMPENSATION TO REDUCE DEPOSITION OR ETCH RATE CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO SUBSTRATE BULK RESISTIVITY VARIATIONS Non-Final OA Lam Research Corporation
18002289 MULTI-STATION PROCESSING TOOLS WITH STATION-VARYING SUPPORT FEATURES FOR BACKSIDE PROCESSING Non-Final OA Lam Research Corporation
17477055 SiC EPITAXIAL GROWTH APPARATUS Final Rejection NuFlare Technology, Inc.
18266176 Method and Device for Producing a SiC Solid Material Non-Final OA Zadient Technologies SAS
17953817 SHOWERHEAD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA EUGENE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17717679 Rotating Disk Reactor with Split Substrate Carrier Final Rejection Veeco Instruments, Inc.

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