Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GAMBETTA, KELLY M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1715 1718 1792 2898 3774

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.9%
Allow Rate
+1.9% vs TC avg
987
Total Applications
+33.0%
Interview Lift
1105
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 941 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
17.7%
§102 Novelty
58.0%
§103 Obviousness
18.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19008803 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AREA-SELECTIVE DEPOSITION Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
18524307 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
17906731 COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18832814 METHOD FOR GROWING DIAMOND ON SILICON SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY GROWING DIAMOND ON SILICON SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
18678693 DAMAGE RESISTANT CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES Final Rejection RTX CORPORATION
19056022 CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION FOR UNIFORM TUNGSTEN GROWTH Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18935102 METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SPUTTERING CHAMBERS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18233984 METHODS FOR FORMING LOW-K DIELECTRIC MATERIALS WITH REDUCED DIELECTRIC CONSTANT AND INCREASED DENSITY Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18228555 MICROWAVE PLASMA CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND FILM Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18653410 FILM-FORMING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18333724 FILM FORMING METHOD Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18598293 METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Kokusai Electric Corporation
17951205 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Kokusai Electric Corporation
17620213 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SHEET METAL PRODUCT AND SHEET METAL PRODUCT Non-Final OA ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
18847652 LOW-K DIELECTRIC PROTECTION DURING PLASMA DEPOSITION OF SILICON NITRIDE Final Rejection Lam Research Corporation
18551302 SUBSTRATE TREATING METHOD AND TREATMENT LIQUID Final Rejection SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
18601338 INHERENTLY SELECTIVE THERMAL ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF COPPER METAL FILMS Final Rejection WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
17611754 PLASMA ETCHING METHOD Final Rejection SHOWA DENKO K.K.

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