Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Examiner: LEE, DA WEI

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2817

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.3%
Allow Rate
+8.3% vs TC avg
78
Total Applications
+17.1%
Interview Lift
1280
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 38 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
34.2%
§102 Novelty
57.0%
§103 Obviousness
8.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18497601 Display Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18188311 THREE DIMENSIONAL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17830488 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18550281 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18520191 VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA Commissariat à I'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
18258380 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A III-N MATERIAL-BASED LAYER Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18054990 DOUBLE CONTINUOUS GRADED BACK BARRIER GROUP III-NITRIDE HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY HETEROSTRUCTURE Non-Final OA Raytheon Company
17897976 ELECTRONIC DEVICES COMPRISING A STEPPED PILLAR REGION, AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17711909 APPARATUSES INCLUDING LOW-K SPACERS AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18308026 DIELECTRIC GAS SPACER FORMATION FOR REDUCING PARASITIC CAPACITANCE IN A TRANSISTOR INCLUDING NANOSHEET STRUCTURES Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18164204 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18347404 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING METAL INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES THAT CONTAIN SELECTIVELY-GROWN DIELECTRIC SPACERS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
17984875 SHAPED COVER STRUCTURES WITH LUMIPHORIC MATERIALS FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE PACKAGES AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA CreeLED, Inc.
17996787 THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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