Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2800 2892 2896 2899

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.4%
Allow Rate
+16.4% vs TC avg
593
Total Applications
+8.2%
Interview Lift
840
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 570 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
22.3%
§102 Novelty
53.2%
§103 Obviousness
20.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18678643 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18581186 MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIAL Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18768857 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18650153 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Magnolia White Corporation
18590303 PACKAGE COMPRISING INTEGRATED DEVICES AND AN INTERCONNECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18086232 GLASS SUBSTRATE DEVICE WITH THROUGH GLASS CAVITY Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18735984 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18686815 LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18578799 IMAGING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18568635 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTROSTATICALLY-BOUNDED ACTIVE REGION Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18649488 GATE CONTACT FORMATION WITH SOURCE/DRAIN CONTACT ISOLATION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18815042 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18619071 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DUAL DAMASCENE AND DUMMY PADS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18666761 METHOD FOR FORMING THERMAL CONDUCTOR MATERIAL FILM AND STACKING STRUCTURE FORMD THEREWITH Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18651321 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18591992 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18495189 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING GATE DIELECTRICS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18599797 ISOLATION STRUCTURES IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18732896 DUAL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR 4F2 CELL Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18599613 SELECTION GATE STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR 3D NAND Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18599794 Aluminum Oxide Crystallization Barrier for Hybrid Bonding Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18599876 PILLAR CRITICAL DIMENSION REDUCTION BY ISOTROPIC PLASMA ETCHING WITH HIGH SELECTIVITY TO SILICON-CONTAINING ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING AND SILICON NITRIDE Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18599877 METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Kokusai Electric Corporation
18728885 HIGH-PRECISION HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATION Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18524599 SINGLE COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR BACKPLANE TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PIXEL SIZES Non-Final OA Lumileds LLC

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