Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KOLB, THADDEUS J

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2817

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.2%
Allow Rate
+20.2% vs TC avg
66
Total Applications
+18.2%
Interview Lift
1333
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 17 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
25.7%
§102 Novelty
59.0%
§103 Obviousness
14.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18231341 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17878355 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18349861 Tiling Display Device Final Rejection LG Display Co., Ltd.
18023443 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17920811 Light Emitting Substrate, Preparation Method Therefor, and Display Device Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
17854998 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION DEVICES WITH HIGH CURRENT CAPABILITY Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
17993014 DISPLAY PANEL Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18461538 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17932735 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection InnoLux Corporation
17946062 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Innolux Corporation
17957403 HIGH PERFORMANCE PERMANENT GLASS ARCHITECTURES FOR STACKED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17891654 IC DIE COMPOSITES WITH INORGANIC INTER-DIE FILL STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18070996 INTEGRATION STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING A PLURALITY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, ASSOCIATED METHODS, ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18342424 CONDUCTIVE PASTE, WIRING SUBSTRATE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE,AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
17944854 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection NICHIA CORPORATION
17888775 3D STACKABLE SYNAPSE STRING, 3D STACKABLE SYNAPSE ARRAY USING THE STRING AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE STRING Final Rejection Seoul National University R&DB FOUNDATION
17991919 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
17809039 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18242991 MOLDED CORE SUBSTRATE FOR EMBEDDING COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18054147 DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd.
17992959 DISPLAY PANEL AND SPLICING PANEL Non-Final OA TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
18456906 UNSINGULATED SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
17821168 FAN-OUT PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC.

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