Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1737 1746

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

44.1%
Allow Rate
-20.9% vs TC avg
160
Total Applications
+11.2%
Interview Lift
1315
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 118 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
26.0%
§102 Novelty
62.5%
§103 Obviousness
9.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18337931 LAMINATE FOR FORMING IMAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17591943 ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, RESIST FILM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17219818 CHEMICAL LIQUID AND CHEMICAL LIQUID STORAGE BODY Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18133933 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
19191989 LITHOGRAPHICALLY PATTERNED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE HYDROGELS, PHOTO-CURABLE COMPOSITIONS, AND ELASTOMERS FORMED FROM SUCH COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17599093 POSITIVE TYPE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
18212764 CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS Non-Final OA Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
16465097 POSITIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, PATTERN USING SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PATTERN Non-Final OA ADEKA CORPORATION
17777382 RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN Non-Final OA TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
18514551 PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
17860224 METHOD OF STRIPPING PHOTORESIST Non-Final OA CHIPBOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18268800 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM FORMATION COMPOSITION Non-Final OA NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
17927476 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM- FORMING COMPOSITION USING DIARYLMETHANE DERIVATIVE Final Rejection NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
17020008 PHOTORESIST FOR EUV AND/OR E-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY Final Rejection IMEC VZW
17506740 PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION Non-Final OA JSR CORPORATION
17440238 PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN FILM, MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD Final Rejection Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
16612962 POLY-P-HYDROXYSTYRENE EPOXY RESINS, SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection HUBEI GURUN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

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