Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: DINKE, BITEW A

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2141 2812 2823 2826 2896 2897 4100

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.7%
Allow Rate
+12.7% vs TC avg
811
Total Applications
+12.2%
Interview Lift
837
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 777 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
7.8%
§102 Novelty
65.4%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18731574 SENSOR, IMAGE SENSOR, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18588586 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING ASYMMETRICAL SOURCE/DRAIN Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18390713 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18473665 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18558614 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18454273 THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18780099 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MEMBER, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18755275 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18640000 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Magnolia White Corporation
18391722 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Magnolia White Corporation
18735220 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18663084 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18650091 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18746015 MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR BONDED BODY, BONDED BODY, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LAMINATE, LAMINATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR DEVICE, AND DEVICE, AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING POLYIMIDE-CONTAINING PRECURSOR PORTION Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18789740 UNDER-SCREEN CAMERA DISPLAY SCREEN AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
18090879 MICROELECTRONIC PACKAGE STRUCTURES WITH SOLDER JOINT ASSEMBLIES HAVING ROUGHENED BUMP STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18722110 Display Device Non-Final OA Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
18707987 MEMORY ELEMENT AND MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18629732 QUANTUM PHASED ARRAYS Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
18668134 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH A CURRENT GAIN LAYOUT Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18659666 APPARATUS AND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING SPIRAL TSV CONNECTION Non-Final OA MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18631274 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18618063 TFT WITH HYDROGEN ABSORPTION LAYER AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18428230 METHOD FOR FORMING FIN FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FINFET) DEVICE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18475965 STACKED MULTI-GATE DEVICE WITH AN INSULATING LAYER BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM SOURCE/DRAIN FEATURES Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18232306 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING BACK SIDE POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18434553 DEVICE OF DIELECTRIC LAYER Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
17708348 SUBSTRATE TRENCH FOR CONTROLLING UNDERFILL FILLET AREA AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18598580 METHOD OF FABRICATING TRANSISTOR HAVING EXPANDED GATE STRUCTURE, AND TRANSISTOR FABRICATED THEREBY Non-Final OA TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED
18017829 MINIATURE SPECTRUM CHIP BASED ON UNITS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MICRO-NANO STRUCTURE ARRAY IN MINIATURE SPECTRUM CHIP Non-Final OA TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY

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