Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DOAN, NGHIA M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2189 2825 2851

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.0%
Allow Rate
+19.0% vs TC avg
1,030
Total Applications
+17.3%
Interview Lift
884
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1012 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.9%
§101 Eligibility
31.2%
§102 Novelty
50.1%
§103 Obviousness
7.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18089546 SCAN CHAIN DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY USING HIGH VOLUME MANUFACTURING FUNCTIONAL TESTING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18315904 Learning-Based Macro Placement with Quality of Human Experts Non-Final OA MediaTek Inc.
18512792 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT CELL-INTERNAL DEFECTS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18087443 DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
18005393 MINIATURE ION TRAPS FOR FAST, HIGH-FIDELITY AND SCALABLE QUANTUM COMPUTATIONS Final Rejection LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
17786372 QUANTUM COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT DETECTING DEVICE AND QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT DETECTING METHOD, AND MOLECULE IDENTIFYING DEVICE AND MOLECULE IDENTIFYING METHOD Non-Final OA KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
18305350 METHOD FOR FULL-CHIP QUICK SIMULATION OF NEGATIVE TONE DEVELOPMENT PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS, NEGATIVE TONE DEVELOPMENT PHOTORESIST MODEL, OPC MODEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA DONGFANG JINGYUAN ELECTRON CO., LTD.

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