Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KIM, JAY C

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2815

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jay C Kim is an examiner in Tech Center 2800, specifically Art Unit 2815, with 872 resolved cases. The data indicates an allowance rate of 49.3 percent. This rate is associated with a median pendency of 1291 days from filing to allowance for applications assigned to this examiner.

Conducting interviews with this examiner results in an interview lift of 21.6 percent. This 21.6 percent lift is a specific measure of the change in allowance probability following an interview. Applicants can evaluate this lift against the 49.3 percent base rate when deciding whether to request a formal interview during the 1291-day median pendency period.

The 872 resolved cases provide the foundation for these metrics in Art Unit 2815. The 49.3 percent allowance rate and the 21.6 percent interview lift are the primary data points for prosecution. Practitioners can use these figures to manage timelines and expectations throughout the 1291-day median pendency in Tech Center 2800.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

49.3%
Allow Rate
-18.7% vs TC avg
929
Total Applications
+21.6%
Interview Lift
1291
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 872 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
13.9%
§102 Novelty
40.8%
§103 Obviousness
43.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18613414 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18291922 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18032582 RAY DETECTOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18406229 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18311038 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18354809 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
18322861 LIGHT-EMITTERS WITH GROUP III-NITRIDE-BASED QUANTUM WELL ACTIVE REGIONS HAVING GAN INTERLAYERS Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18663359 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
18383526 TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
18035150 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
18628217 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18200375 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Michigan
18648169 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18270077 SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection KYOCERA Corporation
18421830 SEMICONDUCTOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR HYBRID DEVICE, ITS MANUFACTURE AND USES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
16476412 SiC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18218927 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18783478 RAISED SOURCE/DRAIN OXIDE SEMICONDUCTING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18647104 HYBRID-BONDING STACK INCLUDING A PROCESSOR DIE AND MULTI-CACHE-LEVEL MEMORY DIES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18366725 RAISED SOURCE/DRAIN OXIDE SEMICONDUCTING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18196187 Ohmic Contact for Semiconductor Structures Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18687233 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan
18291871 VARIABLE CAPACITANCE ELEMENT Final Rejection Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan
18818538 TUNED MATERIALS, TUNED PROPERTIES, AND TUNABLE DEVICES FROM ORDERED OXYGEN VACANCY COMPLEX OXIDES Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17991842 DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection AUO Corporation
18211923 HIGH FLUX LED WITH LOW OPERATING VOLTAGE UTILIZING TWO P-N JUNCTIONS CONNECTED IN PARALLEL AND HAVING ONE TUNNEL JUNCTION Non-Final OA Lumileds LLC
18164205 Semiconductor Device Having Semiconductor Structure with Polarity Inverting Layer Non-Final OA Wolfspeed, Inc.
17281898 METHODS FOR MAKING SILICON AND NITROGEN CONTAINING FILMS Non-Final OA VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
18272620 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
18272621 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.

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