Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHOU, SHIH TSUN A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2811

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.6%
Allow Rate
+7.6% vs TC avg
471
Total Applications
+17.1%
Interview Lift
915
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 447 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
23.4%
§102 Novelty
48.9%
§103 Obviousness
26.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18231734 INTERFACIAL NITRIDATION FOR GROWTH OF PERPENDICULARLY MAGNETIZED HEUSLER FILMS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18214755 VARIABLE RESISTANCE MEMORY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18509307 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18218926 TEMPLATING LAYERS FOR GROWTH OF PERPENDICULARLY MAGNETIZED HEUSLER FILMS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18317951 MRAM DEVICE WITH TRAPEZOID SHAPED ELECTRODES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18317989 MRAM DEVICE WITH HEXAGONAL SHAPED ELECTRODES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17935030 LOCAL LINE EXTENSION FOR ENLARGED VIA-TO-LINE CONTACT AREA Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17948951 Boron Surface Passivation of Phase Change Memory Material Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17944437 BACKSIDE CONTACT WITH FULL WRAP-AROUND CONTACT Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18531089 BACK-END ACTIVE DEVICE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18363542 CROSS-POINT MAGNETORESISTIVE MEMORY ARRAY CONTAINING CARBON-BASED LAYER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
18238291 MEMORY DEVICE HAVING 2-TRANSISTOR VERTICAL MEMORY CELL AND MEMORY ELEMENT BETWEEN CHANNEL REGION AND CONDUCTIVE PLATE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17797779 Laser Lift-Off Processing System Including Metal Grid Final Rejection Lumileds LLC
18466868 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18542996 INTERCONNECT SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS Non-Final OA SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
18163272 RESISTIVE RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY DEVICES WITH COMPOUND NON-REACTIVE ELECTRODES Non-Final OA TetraMem Inc.
18352269 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA United Microelectronics Corp.
18221385 RESISTIVE SWITCHING DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
18074533 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
18175475 MAGNETIC SHIELDS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Non-Final OA GlobalFoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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