Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ISAAC, STANETTA D

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2812 2898

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.5%
Allow Rate
+17.5% vs TC avg
1005
Total Applications
-37.9%
Interview Lift
961
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 948 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
44.6%
§102 Novelty
49.5%
§103 Obviousness
5.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18386328 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17488586 PARTIAL DICING PROCESS FOR WAFER-LEVEL PACKAGING Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
17000146 SOLDER PRINTING Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
17365044 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17938296 SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17537788 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17712738 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH METAL SILICIDE LAYER Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
17633921 HEAT SINK FOR IC COMPONENT AND IC HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
18360510 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
17814525 WAFER-ON-WAFER PACKAGING WITH CONTINUOUS SEAL RING Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17701997 STRUCTURE AND FORMATION METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH GATE STACK Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
16490504 DIELECTRIC LINING LAYERS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
16826651 VIAS AND CONDUCTIVE ROUTING LAYERS IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17872568 DICING DIE ATTACH FILM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18505131 METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
17645794 METHODS OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18410060 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18510091 METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17819381 Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacture Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18228934 OPTIMAL HIGH VOLTAGE TUB DESIGN WITH FLOATING POLY TRENCHES Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
17380769 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA NEXPERIA B.V.
17673150 Semiconductor Device with Protective Layer Non-Final OA SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17834952 ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
17928134 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BONDING SUBSTRATES Final Rejection EV Group E. Thallner GmbH
17942233 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES ISOLATED BY POROUS SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL Non-Final OA GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
17458751 SEMICONDUCTOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
17807847 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17662641 NON CONDUCTIVE FILM, METHOD FOR FORMING NON CONDUCTIVE FILM, CHIP PACKAGE STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING CHIP Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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