Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KUNEMUND, ROBERT M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1714 1792 2818

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.9%
Allow Rate
+13.9% vs TC avg
1338
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
1114
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1301 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
60.4%
§103 Obviousness
9.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18253684 PURIFICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
18224141 NEUTRAL BEAM ANNEALING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18543040 METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING DOPED ORGANIC SOLID CRYSTALS Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18324924 ENHANCED CRYSTAL NUCLEATION Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18690194 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SILICON INGOT FROM SURFACE-OXIDISED SEEDS Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18559490 EPITAXIAL NITRIDE FERROELECTRONICS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
18583435 APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ALN WHISKERS Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
18568957 SYNTHETIC SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18557463 METHOD OF GROWING CRYSTAL Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18397635 THERMAL MONITOR FOR HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18434507 SEED SUBSTRATE FOR NITRIDE CRYSTAL GROWTH, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR NITRIDE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE, AND PEELED INTERMEDIATE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18435218 SILICON CARBIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SILICON CARBIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL Non-Final OA MIRISE Technologies Corporation
18001264 GaAs INGOT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING GaAs INGOT, AND GaAs WAFER Final Rejection DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.
18582981 CERAMIC SUPPORT PLATE Non-Final OA Siemens Medical Solutions USA. Inc.
18588822 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROWTH OF QUASI-PHASE MATCHED STRONTIUM TETRABORATE AND LITHIUM TRIBORATE CRYSTALS FOR FREQUENCY CONVERSION Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18595493 METHOD FOR THE FABRICATION OF P-TYPE Ga2O3 BY PHOSPHORUS ION IMPLANTATION Non-Final OA National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
18686143 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOTUBE ASSEMBLED WIRE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
18433031 CRYSTALLINE WAFERS AND PROCESS FOR FORMING CRYSTALLINE WAFERS Non-Final OA II-VI Advanced Materials, LLC
18425532 SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A HIGH-QUALITY SEMICONDUCTOR SINGLE CRYSTAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA SiCrystal GmbH
18686922 COMPOSITE SILICON CARBIDE SUBSTRATE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA TJ INNOVATIVE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18440873 METHOD FOR SIC STEP FLOW GROWTH BY REGULATING GROWTH MONMOERS USING CHEMICAL POTENTIAL UNDER NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITION Non-Final OA Xiamen University
18436223 METHODS FOR PREPARING A SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON INGOT WITH REDUCED RADIAL RESISTIVITY VARIATION Non-Final OA GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
18368212 NUCLEATION OF LARGE-SCALE PROTEIN CRYSTALS FROM NANOPARTICLE SEEDS Non-Final OA Khalifa University of Science and Technology
18257202 TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIAL AND HETEROSTRUCTURES ON AN INTERMEDIATE POLYMER TRANSFER LAYER AND THEIR FABRICATION Non-Final OA DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
18393751 MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SINGLE-CRYSTAL SILICON ROD AND SINGLE-CRYSTAL FURNACE Non-Final OA SICHUAN JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD.
18548092 AUTOMATIC DECISION-MAKING FOR PULLING Final Rejection TCL ZHONGHUAN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18279767 METHOD FOR EVALUATING QUARTZ GLASS CRUCIBLE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND QUARTZ GLASS CRUCIBLE Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
18454566 Apparatus for producing silicon carbide crystal Non-Final OA HERMES-EPITEK CORP.
18363366 CRYSTAL GROWTH DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GROWING A SEMICONDUCTOR Non-Final OA Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.

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