Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
613
Total Applications
+2.7%
Interview Lift
919
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 572 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
32.8%
§102 Novelty
48.7%
§103 Obviousness
14.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18454105 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18380303 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18574725 DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17977250 SHALLOW TRENCH ISOLATION (STI) PROCESSING WITH LOCAL OXIDATION OF SILICON (LOCOS) Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18549470 IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17905778 LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENT AND DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18477635 SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE Non-Final OA FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18378425 METHODS FOR DEPOSITING MOLYBDENUM SULFIDE Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
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
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 Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18470250 PACKAGE COMPRISING A SUBSTRATE WITH VIA INTERCONNECT WITH VERTICAL WALLS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17993473 BURIED-TRENCH DUAL METAL-NITRIDE GATE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18522867 METHOD FOR FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND RELATED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18475566 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER DELIVERY FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
18170773 MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INCLUDING GALLIUM-NITRIDE DEVICES ON SILICON Non-Final OA MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
18298781 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICROLENSES Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
18190893 MOS TRANSISTOR ON SOI STRUCTURE Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
18450731 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18364008 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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.
18190238 BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING LAYERS HAVING DIFFERENT REFRACTIVE INDEXES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection DB HiTek Co., Ltd.
17173469 IMAGE SENSOR HAVING A GRID STRUCTURE WITH SMALLER TOP WIDTH THAN BOTTOM WIDTH Final Rejection VisEra Technologies Company Limited
18038066 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
18470409 STRUCTURE OF CHIP PACKAGE INTEGRATED ANTENNA AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Universal Global Technology (Shanghai) CO., Ltd.
18362868 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH ACTIVE REGION JOGS Non-Final OA TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED

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