Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GAMBETTA, KELLY M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1715 1718 1792 3774

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.0%
Allow Rate
+2.0% vs TC avg
970
Total Applications
+32.8%
Interview Lift
1185
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 924 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
20.4%
§102 Novelty
55.0%
§103 Obviousness
17.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18748021 SLURRY INFILTRATION WITH FREEZE DRYING AND GELLING FOR MORE UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL Non-Final OA RTX CORPORATION
18678693 DAMAGE RESISTANT CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES Non-Final OA RTX CORPORATION
18636461 METHODS FOR IMPROVING THROUGHPUT AND GAPFILL QUALITY FOR METAL DEPOSITION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18233984 METHODS FOR FORMING LOW-K DIELECTRIC MATERIALS WITH REDUCED DIELECTRIC CONSTANT AND INCREASED DENSITY Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18551302 SUBSTRATE TREATING METHOD AND TREATMENT LIQUID Non-Final OA SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
18690370 GAS-ASSISTED COCRYSTAL DE-SUBLIMATION Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18850155 FILLING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18584114 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMBEDDING TUNGSTEN INTO RECESS FORMED ON SUBSTRATE Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18410046 METHOD OF FORMING SILICON NITRIDE FILM Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18333724 FILM FORMING METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
17906731 COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
19008803 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AREA-SELECTIVE DEPOSITION Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18524307 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18300301 DEPOSITION OF FLOWABLE SICN FILMS BY PLASMA ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION Non-Final OA ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
18127505 MASK PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA TES Co., Ltd
18598293 METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Kokusai Electric Corporation
17951205 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Kokusai Electric Corporation
18832814 METHOD FOR GROWING DIAMOND ON SILICON SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY GROWING DIAMOND ON SILICON SUBSTRATE Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
18975045 FINISHING OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PARTS WITH SMOOTHING AND COLOR Non-Final OA PostProcess Technologies, Inc.
18847652 LOW-K DIELECTRIC PROTECTION DURING PLASMA DEPOSITION OF SILICON NITRIDE Non-Final OA Lam Research Corporation
18219368 ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION METHODS FOR MAKING OMNIDIRECTIONAL STRUCTURAL COLOR MULTILAYER STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18764717 Area-Selective Hardmask Deposition: Methods and Tools for Advanced Patterning Non-Final OA Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
18698210 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COATING ON AN OBJECT AND CORRESPONDINGLY PRODUCED COATED BODY Final Rejection BOEHLERIT GmbH & Co.KG.
18614659 APPLICATIONS OF A MATTE COATING LAYER IN PRINTING PROCESSES TO CREATE VARYING VISUAL EFFECTS ON PRINTED ARTICLES Non-Final OA HARRIS & BRUNO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18291335 SOLUBLE POLYIMIDES FOR COATING ON POLYMERIC SUBSTRATES Final Rejection HD MICROSYSTEMS
18416325 SCALABLE METHOD FOR ACHIEVING SHAPE CONTROL OF DIAMOND MICRO-NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA Dongguan Institute of Opto-electronics, Peking University
18219022 USING PLASMA ENHANCED PROCESS TO DO PERIODIC MAINTENANCE Final Rejection SKY TECH INC.
17611754 PLASMA ETCHING METHOD Final Rejection SHOWA DENKO K.K.
18168311 Stents Having Biodegradable Layers Non-Final OA MT Acquisition Holdings LLC
17309458 A WORKPIECE, A WORKPIECE PROCESSING METHOD AND A WORKPIECE PROCESSING SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA Nanowall Technology PTE LTD

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