Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GHYKA, ALEXANDER G

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2800 2812

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.8%
Allow Rate
+15.8% vs TC avg
1,331
Total Applications
+13.7%
Interview Lift
844
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1306 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.6%
§101 Eligibility
15.4%
§102 Novelty
56.2%
§103 Obviousness
12.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18491996 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18664776 CAPACITOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18403022 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18392481 SEMICONDUCTOR DIE, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND SUBSTRATE DICING METHOD Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18537536 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18487430 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18742080 PSEUDOMORPHIC HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR, LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER, AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18487166 LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18192601 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE WITH HETEROGENOUS TRANSISTORS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18393107 MONITORING OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGES Non-Final OA SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (dba Solidigm)
17576142 INTEGRATED SCHOTTKY DIODE WITH GUARD RING Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18786573 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18312012 WAFER BONDING APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18789598 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WAFER BOND MONITORING Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18785156 Chip Package Structure with Bump Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18783614 FORMING LOW-STRESS SILICON NITRIDE LAYER THROUGH HYDROGEN TREATMENT Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18777198 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18774289 BOTTOM-UP FORMATION OF CONTACT PLUGS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18402778 SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED PLACEMENT OF REDISTRIBUTION LAYERS IN MULTI-DIE PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18486576 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WORDLINES WITH REDUCED BLOCKING LAYER DAMAGE Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17997158 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18771063 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TIANJIN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18456309 ION BEAM INSPECTION AND REPAIR WITH INCREASED SECONDARY ELECTRON YIELD Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
18248169 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SUBSTRATE FOR EPITAXIAL GROWTH OF A GALLIUM-BASED III-N ALLOY LAYER Final Rejection Soitec
18663570 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.

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