Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Emily Nicole Farmer, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as FARMER, EMILY NICOLE

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2812

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Analysis

FARMER, EMILY NICOLE is a USPTO patent examiner in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2812. The profile covers 51 resolved cases, with a 90.2% allowance rate and a 5.2% interview lift. Median time to allowance is 1106 days.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Intel Corporation, and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. are the leading companies represented. Calderon Safran & Wright P.C., DITTHAVONG, STEINER, & MLOTKOWSKI, and Essential Patents Group, LLP. are the leading firms. The allowance figure supports careful preservation of claim scope, while the modest interview figure indicates that interviews may have a narrower role in the recorded prosecution outcomes.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

90.2%
Allow Rate
+22.2% vs TC avg
71
Total Applications
+5.2%
Interview Lift
1106
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 51 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
25.6%
§102 Novelty
56.3%
§103 Obviousness
14.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18473277 SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18715878 IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17957359 SINGULATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE SUBSTRATES WITH GLASS CORES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18562086 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18594394 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18931423 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18067705 SCREEN LAYER INTEGRATION IN GALLIUM NITRIDE TECHNOLOGY Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18756772 HEAT SPREADING AND THERMAL HEAT REMOVAL STRUCTURES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18674220 SENSOR PROTECTION OF GLASSLESS WAFER-LEVEL OPTICAL SENSOR PACKAGING Non-Final OA STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
18402976 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18185394 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18889666 PACKAGE SUBSTRATE INCLUDING FIBER-REINFORCED DIELECTRIC LAYER, PACKAGE STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE PACKAGE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18860688 LAMINATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, INSULATION MATERIAL, AND LAMINATE Non-Final OA Resonac Corporation
17874709 BUILT-IN TEMPERATURE SENSORS Non-Final OA GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Emily Nicole Farmer's allowance rate?

90.2% of resolved applications examined by Emily Nicole Farmer were allowed (51 resolved cases), compared with 82.1% across Art Unit 2812 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Emily Nicole Farmer?

This examiner's interview lift is +5.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Emily Nicole Farmer take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Emily Nicole Farmer took 1,106 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Emily Nicole Farmer work in?

Emily Nicole Farmer examines applications in Art Unit 2812 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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