Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DINKE, BITEW A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2141 2812 2823 2826 2896

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.3%
Allow Rate
+4.3% vs TC avg
800
Total Applications
+12.0%
Interview Lift
892
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 748 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
7.9%
§102 Novelty
65.0%
§103 Obviousness
12.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18390713 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18531187 THERMAL IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18494156 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18381800 IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18575361 DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT Non-Final OA LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18517823 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18500534 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17808894 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18116425 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18490757 PHOTODETECTION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18475965 STACKED MULTI-GATE DEVICE WITH AN INSULATING LAYER BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM SOURCE/DRAIN FEATURES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18232306 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING BACK SIDE POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18150410 BACK END FLOATING GATE STRUCTURE IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18391722 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Magnolia White Corporation
18090879 MICROELECTRONIC PACKAGE STRUCTURES WITH SOLDER JOINT ASSEMBLIES HAVING ROUGHENED BUMP STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18381185 ARRAY SUBSTRATES AND DISPLAY PANELS Final Rejection Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
18468556 Reduction of Edge Transistor Leakage on N-Type EDMOS and LDMOS Devices Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18492819 STRUCTURAL ELEMENT WITH IMPROVED FERROELECTRIC POLARISATION SWITCHING AND RELIABILITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID STRUCTRAL ELEMENT Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
17515337 µ-Led, µ-Led Device, Display And Method For The Same Final Rejection OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
17708348 SUBSTRATE TRENCH FOR CONTROLLING UNDERFILL FILLET AREA AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18315587 IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection DB HiTek Co., Ltd.
17595225 PHOTODETECTOR WITH IMPROVED DETECTION RESULT Final Rejection SENORICS GMBH
18509159 VERTICAL-TYPE LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA Quanzhou sanan semiconductor technology Co., Ltd.
18465017 SUBSTRATE FEATURES IN THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS Non-Final OA Akash Systems, Inc.
18259017 PARTICLE DETECTOR COMPRISING A POROUS REGION MADE OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL, AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection INSA CENTRE VAL DE LOIRE
18027795 LOW-PENETRATING PARTICLES LOW-GAIN AVALANCHE DETECTOR Final Rejection OSTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN

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