Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KIM, JAY C

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2815

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.5%
Allow Rate
-19.5% vs TC avg
916
Total Applications
+21.9%
Interview Lift
1355
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 849 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.5%
§102 Novelty
39.1%
§103 Obviousness
39.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18032582 RAY DETECTOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17478150 MASK AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING DISPLAY PANEL Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
16895692 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18421830 SEMICONDUCTOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR HYBRID DEVICE, ITS MANUFACTURE AND USES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18196187 Ohmic Contact for Semiconductor Structures Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18383526 TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
18035150 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
18270077 SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18218927 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18329881 BUFFER STRUCTURE WITH INTERLAYER BUFFER LAYERS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18308064 GALLIUM NITRIDE GROWTH SUBSTRATE MATERIAL Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18354809 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
18200375 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
18211923 HIGH FLUX LED WITH LOW OPERATING VOLTAGE UTILIZING TWO P-N JUNCTIONS CONNECTED IN PARALLEL AND HAVING ONE TUNNEL JUNCTION Final Rejection Lumileds LLC
17478475 SPIN CURRENT MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL-TYPE MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPIN CURRENT MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL-TYPE MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT Final Rejection TDK CORPORATION
15778174 SPIN CURRENT MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL-TYPE MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPIN CURRENT MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL-TYPE MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT Final Rejection TDK CORPORATION
18178464 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18039729 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
18308976 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18272620 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
17281898 METHODS FOR MAKING SILICON AND NITROGEN CONTAINING FILMS Final Rejection VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
18126630 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
17406218 GAN CRYSTAL AND SUBSTRATE Final Rejection NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
18164205 Semiconductor Device Having Semiconductor Structure with Polarity Inverting Layer Final Rejection Wolfspeed, Inc.
18228994 LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT STRUCTURE Non-Final OA GLOBALWAFERS CO., LTD.
18212798 METHOD FOR EPITAXY OF HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA GLOBALWAFERS CO., LTD.
17594996 METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER SYSTEM, WHICH CONTAINS GALLIUM AND INDIUM Final Rejection AIXTRON SE
18338975 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
18319437 MANUFACTURING METHODS OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES Non-Final OA ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
18137797 HETEROEPITAXIAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH ENHANCED THERMAL DISSIPATION Final Rejection Woflspeed, Inc.

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