Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: LEE, WOO KYUNG

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1745 2815 4100

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.3%
Allow Rate
+21.3% vs TC avg
222
Total Applications
+15.9%
Interview Lift
1170
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 198 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
21.4%
§102 Novelty
49.9%
§103 Obviousness
28.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18626935 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INCLUDING BACKSIDE WIRING Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18592999 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE INCLUDING WIMPY TRANSISTOR STACK WITH THICK SOURCE/DRAIN ISOLATION LAYER AND METHODS OF FORMING TING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18441700 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18718507 IMAGING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18468650 CERAMIC SINTERED BODY SUBSTRATE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection NICHIA CORPORATION
18405484 Semiconductor Device and Method of Stacking and Interconnecting Semiconductor Assemblies Using Conductive Layer with Graphene Core Shells Non-Final OA STATS ChipPAC Pte. Ltd.
18520977 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
17997519 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17856877 BACKSIDE REVEAL FOR LAYERED MULTI-CAPACITOR SINGLE TRANSISTOR MEMORY SYSTEMS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18530905 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ASSEMBLY WITH A CIRCULAR SEGMENTED PACKAGE EDGE Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18537098 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18398213 CONSUMABLE MEMBER, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONSUMABLE MEMBER Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18332785 SELF ALIGNED BACKSIDE CONTACT Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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