Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LIU, MIKKA H

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2815 2817 2895 4100

This examiner grants 92% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

92.3%
Allow Rate
+32.3% vs TC avg
635
Total Applications
+3.7%
Interview Lift
796
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 607 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
27.9%
§102 Novelty
38.7%
§103 Obviousness
31.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18653301 NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18612282 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18602274 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18703291 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18677960 MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT WITH EXTERNAL CONTACTING Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18324167 DISPLAY PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection TIANMA ADVANCED DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
18625770 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17978330 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, OPTICAL DISTANCE-MEASURING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18631073 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
18469924 HIGH DENSITY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (MOS) CAPACITOR (MOSCAP) AND METAL-OXIDE-METAL (MOM) CAPACITOR (MOMCAP) STACKING LAYOUT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18741784 ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Innolux Corporation
18741211 QUANTUM DOT COLOR FILTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18750384 Electronic Device, Light-Emitting Device, Electronic Appliance, and Lighting Device Non-Final OA Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
18603429 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING ELECTRODES WITH OXIDIZED SIDE SURFACES Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18403738 DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL Non-Final OA Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
18280910 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18397691 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18610219 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING DIFFERENT THRESHOLD VOLTAGES Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18443166 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ASSEMBLIES WITH CROSS-STACK STRUCTURES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18661907 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SPACERS FOR SELF ALIGNED VIAS Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
18404866 AREA EFFECTIVE HEAT SINK Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18641140 APPARATUSES AND MEMORY DEVICES INCLUDING CONDUCTIVE LINES AND INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Lodestar Licensing Group LLC.
18055969 Monolithic LED Array And Method Of Manufacturing Thereof Non-Final OA Lumileds LLC
18470354 STRAIN INDUCING TRENCHES FOR SOURCE/DRAIN REGIONS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18272070 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT Final Rejection ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18443283 ARTIFICIAL SYNAPSE DEVICE BASED ON RESISTIVE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
18450605 PIXEL UNIT WITH RGB LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES Final Rejection Ennostar Corporation

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