Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ENAD, CHRISTINE A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2811 2823

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.2%
Allow Rate
+16.2% vs TC avg
1,389
Total Applications
+10.2%
Interview Lift
714
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1323 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
3.2%
§102 Novelty
86.3%
§103 Obviousness
1.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18566682 DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND FABRICATION METHOD OF DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
18471645 SPACER TO AVOID SOURCE AND DRAIN SHORTING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18458426 WRAP-AROUND MIDDLE-OF-LINE CONTACT WITH BACKSIDE SOURCE/DRAIN CUT FOR DIRECT CONTACT AND BACKSIDE POWER DELIVERY NETWORK Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17950293 BACKSIDE SIGNAL INTEGRATION THROUGH VIA TO SIGNAL LINE CONNECTION Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17946821 SELF-ALIGNED BACKSIDE CONTACT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17936952 FORKSHEET TRANSISTOR STRUCTURES WITH GATE CUT SPINE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17957106 ETCH STOP LAYER FOR METAL GATE CUT Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17954194 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURES HAVING FIN ISOLATION REGIONS BOUND BY GATE CUTS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17951532 MULTI-STAGE MASK ETCH PROCESS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17710802 DEVICE PERFORMANCE TUNING BY DEEP TRENCH VIA (DVB) PROXIMITY EFFECT IN ARCHITECTURE OF BACKSIDE POWER DELIVERY Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18474250 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE FOR ENHANCED COOLING Final Rejection ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
17833749 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18393050 MATERIAL STACK FOR MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE, A MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT INTEGRATES SUCH STACK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH STACK Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18367129 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LTD
18464839 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18460578 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18348851 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH BACKSIDE SELF-ALIGNED CONTACT AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18348780 MULTI-GATE DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18338161 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18099245 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18153553 BARRIER LAYER FOR WEAKENED BOUNDARY EFFECT Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17897151 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18623909 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18471296 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18526498 THROUGH VIAS AND GUARD RINGS OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18471739 Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18355258 CONTACT PLUG STRUCTURES OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18150642 Gate Isolation Regions and Fin Isolation Regions and Method Forming the Same Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17896970 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17847679 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A VERTICAL CONDUCTION SILICON CARBIDE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND VERTICAL CONDUCTION SILICON CARBIDE ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics S.r.l.

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