Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CHEN, JACK S J

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2893

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.6%
Allow Rate
+8.6% vs TC avg
605
Total Applications
+5.7%
Interview Lift
1072
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 568 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
23.1%
§102 Novelty
54.0%
§103 Obviousness
9.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18550518 DISPLAY MOTHERBOARD, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18127201 METHOD FOR FORMING A LAYER PROVIDED WITH SILICON Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
18091089 SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18442416 CRYSTAL CUTTING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SiC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SiC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
18301798 Semiconductor Device and Method Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17037034 Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device, Non-transitory Computer-readable Recording Medium and Substrate Processing Apparatus Final Rejection Kokusai Electric Corporation
17592322 VERTICAL CONDUCTION ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A JBS DIODE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
17521076 TRANSISTOR WITH FACETED, RAISED SOURCE/DRAIN REGION Non-Final OA GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.
17025972 PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
18343617 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
17919730 ORGANIC SPACER FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Intel NDTM US LLC
18222411 GaN TRENCH MOSFET AND FABRICATION METHOD Non-Final OA SixPoint Materials, Inc.
17879118 SiC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SiC EPITAXIAL WAFER Non-Final OA RENOSAC CORPORATION
17790791 LIFT PIN, WAFER PROCESSING APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WAFERS Non-Final OA SK Siltron Co., LTD.

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