Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1713

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+13.4% vs TC avg
77
Total Applications
+31.3%
Interview Lift
1122
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 37 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
2.5%
§102 Novelty
90.0%
§103 Obviousness
4.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18596020 SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18081899 ETCHING COMPOSITION FOR ETCHING MOLYBDENUM FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE USING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18746869 CHEMICAL LIQUID, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MODIFIED SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LAMINATE, AND CHEMICAL LIQUID CONTAINER Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17547180 POLISHING LIQUID AND CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18582453 PROCESSING OF SIGNALS FROM IN-SITU MONITORING SYSTEM IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18209711 IN-SITU ETCH AND INHIBITION IN PLASMA ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18101932 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TITANIUM-CONTAINING FILM REMOVAL Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18098791 DRY ETCH OF BORON-CONTAINING MATERIAL Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18598206 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18305698 SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING TOOL AND METHODS OF OPERATION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18121621 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18151223 Method for Etching Features in a Layer in a Substrate Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18048618 METHOD FOR FORMING A PATTERN Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18602237 ETCHING METHOD Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18081685 SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SEMES CO., LTD.
18002788 ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR, A METAL, OR A METAL OXIDE WITH SELECTIVITY TO A DIELECTRIC Final Rejection Lam Research Corporation
18001590 REMOVAL OF TIN OXIDE IN CHAMBER CLEANING Non-Final OA Lam Research Corporation
17995290 SELECTIVE PRECISION ETCHING OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS Non-Final OA Lam Research Corporation
18439028 PROTECTIVE FILM, PROTECTIVE FILM AGENT, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING WORKPIECE Non-Final OA DISCO CORPORATION
17911064 POLISHING COMPOSITION AND POLISHING METHOD Final Rejection FUJIMI INCORPORATED
18441167 SILICON-ETCHANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE SAME Non-Final OA DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
18129433 METHOD FOR IMPROVING HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GATES Non-Final OA Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
18017469 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA WUHAN XINXIN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18383231 FACILITATING FORMATION OF A VIA IN A SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA MOSAIC MICROSYSTEMS LLC
18077499 COMPOSITION FOR THE SELECTIVE ETCHING OF SILICON Non-Final OA ENF TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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