Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GARCES, NELSON Y

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2814 2892

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.2%
Allow Rate
+12.2% vs TC avg
618
Total Applications
+2.7%
Interview Lift
906
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 582 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
15.7%
§102 Novelty
76.5%
§103 Obviousness
5.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18454105 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18475563 QUAD FLAT NO-LEAD PACKAGE WITH ENHANCED CORNER PADS FOR BOARD LEVEL RELIABILITY Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
17977250 SHALLOW TRENCH ISOLATION (STI) PROCESSING WITH LOCAL OXIDATION OF SILICON (LOCOS) Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18522867 METHOD FOR FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND RELATED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
18549470 IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17905778 LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENT AND DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18477635 SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE Non-Final OA FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18174007 NANORIBBON-BASED TRANSISTORS WITH ETCH STOP LAYER TO ASSIST SUBFIN REMOVAL Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18114120 PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTROMIGRATION WITHIN A LAYER OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17955203 BURIED VIA THROUGH FRONT-SIDE AND BACK-SIDE METALLIZATION LAYERS WITH OPTIONAL CYLINDRICAL MIM CAPACITOR Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17940195 BARRIER LAYER FOR DIELECTRIC RECESS MITIGATION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18589569 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH DUMMY BOUNDARY CELLS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18521569 Incorporating Nitrogen in Dipole Engineering for Multi-Threshold Voltage Applications in Stacked Device Structures Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18459448 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH CONDUCTIVE FEATURE CONNECTING TRANSISTORS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18446707 PIXEL SENSOR INCLUDING A LAYER STACK TO REDUCE AND/OR BLOCK THE EFFECTS OF PLASMA PROCESSING AND ETCHING ON THE PIXEL SENSOR Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd
18204081 NON-PLANAR TRANSISTOR STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18475566 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER DELIVERY FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
17758011 DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING OXYGEN SUPPLEMENT FUNCTIONAL LAYER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MOBILE TERMINAL Final Rejection GUANGZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18170773 MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INCLUDING GALLIUM-NITRIDE DEVICES ON SILICON Non-Final OA MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
18450731 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18150775 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH GERMANIUM-SILICON/POLYSILICON HYBRID GATE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18190893 MOS TRANSISTOR ON SOI STRUCTURE Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
18470409 STRUCTURE OF CHIP PACKAGE INTEGRATED ANTENNA AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Universal Global Technology (Shanghai) CO., Ltd.
18038066 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
17173469 IMAGE SENSOR HAVING A GRID STRUCTURE WITH SMALLER TOP WIDTH THAN BOTTOM WIDTH Non-Final OA VisEra Technologies Company Limited

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