Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DUREN, TIMOTHY EDWARD

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2817

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.5%
Allow Rate
+13.5% vs TC avg
81
Total Applications
+3.3%
Interview Lift
1248
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 27 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
32.3%
§102 Novelty
51.0%
§103 Obviousness
16.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18143915 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17969942 THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17876099 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING STIFFENER Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18501819 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
17855480 BOND PAD TOPOLOGY TO MITIGATE CRACK FORMATION Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18332028 DIELECTRIC FEATURES FOR PARASITIC CAPACITANCE REDUCTION Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18107658 MULTICHANNEL TRANSISTORS WITH SOURCE/DRAIN REGIONS HAVING WAVY INNER PROFILES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17731255 OPTICAL SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Innolux Corporation
18479457 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICES INCLUDING SELF-ALIGNED SOURCE-CHANNEL JUNCTIONS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
18450095 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICES INCLUDING SELF-ALIGNED CHANNEL CAP STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17699209 MICROELECTRONIC ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING NANOWIRE AND SOLDER INTERCONNECTS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18140201 METHODS AND STRUCTURES FOR REDUCING DEFORMATIONS OF GALLIUM NITRIDE (GaN) DEVICES Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17823162 SEMICONDUCTOR CONDUCTIVE PILLAR DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18507146 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
18356223 SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND FABRICATION METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
17896731 THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAND MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18330229 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH STRAINED CHANNELS AND METHOD Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18327998 Front Side to Backside Interconnection for CFET Devices Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18366300 SURFACE-WATER-ASSISTED DEPOSITION OF PATTERNED FILMS OF ALIGNED NANOPARTICLES Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17966081 METHODS OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES AND RESULTING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Wolfspeed, Inc.
18197420 PN JUNCTION Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
18175878 Method for Manufacturing Metal Zero Layer Final Rejection Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
18324752 SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME Final Rejection IMEC vzw
17820059 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC.
17951135 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE 5 WITH GETTERING SITES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
18206110 METHOD FOR WAFER TREATMENT Non-Final OA Hua Hsu Silicon Materials Co., Ltd.

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