Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LIU, XIAOMING

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2812

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.9%
Allow Rate
+17.9% vs TC avg
615
Total Applications
+11.0%
Interview Lift
871
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 576 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
24.9%
§102 Novelty
61.5%
§103 Obviousness
3.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18237209 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18351171 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18563460 DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
17979849 SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRICAL INSPECTION METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18298629 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH SELF-ALIGNED CONDUCTIVE FEATURES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18297182 EMBEDDED CLAMPING DIODE TO IMPROVE DEVICE RUGGEDNESS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18126298 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18378235 Method and Apparatus for Prevention, Cessation, Detection, and Monitoring of Cracks in Substrates Non-Final OA Chipletz, Inc.
18290289 ENHANCED I/O SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PACKAGE AND COOLING ASSEMBLY HAVING SIDE I/OS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18046992 POWER MODULE FOR PRODUCING STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUND, DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN IC PACKAGE DELAMINATION HAVING SUCH A POWER MODULE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN IC PACKAGE DELAMINATION Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18475053 GATE-ALL-AROUND (GAA) NANOSHEET DEVICE HAVING INNER GATE SPACER WITH ROUNDED EDGES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18475895 STACKED SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, STACKED SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, STACKED SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection NIKON CORPORATION
18225177 STRUCTURE AND FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18624655 PLASMA GENERATING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Kokusai Electric Corporation
18247753 SUPER-HETEROJUNCTION SCHOTTKY DIODE Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
18364180 SIC-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH IMPROVED GATE DIELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, DIODE Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
18323894 FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Winbond Electronics Corp.
18126729 MULTI-CHANNEL HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR WITH DOPED GATE FINS Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies Austria AG
18213500 SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH SUPERJUNCTIONS Non-Final OA Wolfspeed, Inc.
18224293 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SCHOTTKY DIODE AND CORRESPONDING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
18180025 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING A HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSISTOR AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
18007721 NEURONS AND SYNAPSES WITH FERROELECTRICALLY MODULATED METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR SCHOTTKY DIODES AND METHOD Final Rejection Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
18487546 SINGLE POLY NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SK keyfoundry Inc.
18508770 REVERSE-CONDUCTING INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA Analog Power Conversion LLC
18125655 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED TEST AREAS Non-Final OA Woflspeed, Inc.
18364149 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies Bipolar GmbH & Co. KG

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