Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LIU, BENJAMIN T

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2812 2893

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.4%
Allow Rate
+6.4% vs TC avg
735
Total Applications
+12.6%
Interview Lift
1147
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 687 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
32.8%
§102 Novelty
56.9%
§103 Obviousness
9.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18374392 MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING STACKED PASS TRANSISTORS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., LTD.
18374310 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18360056 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18463332 IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18229700 Three-Dimensional Chip Comprising Heat Transfer Means Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18296019 BONDING STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18117959 DISPLAY PANEL, FABRICATION METHOD OF DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd.
18550693 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18550419 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18275930 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
17555489 MULTI-CHIP HIGH MEMORY BANDWIDTH CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18521913 FIN FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FINFET) DEVICE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18302466 SEMICONDUCTOR DIE PACKAGE AND METHODS OF FORMATION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18084844 DIELECTRIC BARRIER FOR BACKSIDE INTERCONNECT SEPARATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17823602 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PACKAGE ARCHITECTURE WITH FACE DOWN BRIDGE DIES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17856185 ALIGNMENT VIA-PAD AND VIA-PLANE STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17669674 ENCAPSULATED ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATION THEREOF Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18310277 PACKAGE SUBSTRATE HAVING EMBEDDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTED ON CORE OF THE PACKAGE SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17470961 SEMICONDUCTOR DIE MODULE PACKAGES WITH VOID-DEFINED SECTIONS IN A METAL STRUCTURE(S) IN A PACKAGE SUBSTRATE TO REDUCE DIE-SUBSTRATE MECHANICAL STRESS, AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18454444 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
18471933 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18505845 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TIANJIN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18491036 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TIANJIN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18027382 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE, AND VEHICLE Final Rejection ROHM CO., LTD.
18485469 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18557008 ON-CHIP SPECTROMETER WITH TUNABLE PHOTODETECTION LAYER Non-Final OA Yale University
17410600 Back Biasing of FD-SOI Circuit Block Final Rejection ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
18374410 POWER MODULE Non-Final OA UT-Battelle, LLC
18509052 GAN-BASED, LATERAL-CONDUCTION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH IMPROVED METALLIC LAYERS LAYOUT Non-Final OA STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
17508660 PATTERNING OXIDATION RESISTANT ELECTRODE IN CROSSBAR ARRAY CIRCUITS Non-Final OA TetraMem Inc.

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