Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LIN, ARIC

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2825 2851

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.9%
Allow Rate
-8.1% vs TC avg
572
Total Applications
+12.6%
Interview Lift
1191
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 521 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.4%
§101 Eligibility
12.8%
§102 Novelty
43.9%
§103 Obviousness
21.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18184902 LAYOUT DESIGN TOOL Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17863382 ZERO DIFFUSION BREAK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17697768 CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR OPERATION AND CHARGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17570514 Vehicle Charging Device and Method for the Same Final Rejection Kia Corporation
19257390 REINFORCED LEARNING FOR TOPOLOGY GENERATION OF A NETWORK-ON-CHIP Final Rejection ARTERIS, INC.
18123085 RESIST MODELING METHOD FOR ANGLED GRATINGS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18046872 DETERMINING SUBSTRATE PROFILE PROPERTIES USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
17379707 DETERMINING SUBSTRATE PROFILE PROPERTIES USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
17664861 LOGIC LOCKING OPERATIONS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17468340 REFINEMENT OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17363298 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPACITANCE EXTRACTION Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17220269 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17111014 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT DIAGRAM SYSTEM Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17564725 AUTOMATED REDISTRIBUTION LAYER POWER CONNECTIONS Final Rejection ATI Technologies ULC
16856654 LOW-HEAT WIRELESS POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA GE HYBRID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
18110338 PERFORMING NON-PREFERRED DIRECTION DETAILED ROUTING FOLLOWED BY PREFERRED DIRECTION GLOBAL AND DETAILED ROUTING Final Rejection D2S, Inc.
18110334 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN WITH NON-PREFERRED DIRECTION CURVILINEAR WIRING Final Rejection D2S, Inc.
18029211 OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION FOR FREE FORM SHAPES Non-Final OA Siemens Industry Software Inc.
18334382 DESIGN METHOD OF PHOTOMASK STRUCTURE Non-Final OA United Microelectronics Corp.
17501897 INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN QUANTUM COMPUTING MODULE AND NON-QUANTUM PROCESSING MODULES IN QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA SeeQC, Inc.
18446935 VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Electric Era Technologies Inc.
17211665 CHARGING SCOOTERS WITHIN ELECTRIC SCOOTER DOCKING STATIONS Non-Final OA Neptune Scooters
18296440 DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-BASED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN SYSTEM USING PARTITIONING AND DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-BASED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD USING PARTITIONING Non-Final OA AGILESODA INC.
17709186 METHOD, SYSTEM, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PATH VERIFICATION IN LOGIC CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Phytium Technology Co., Ltd.

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