Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MAI, ANH D

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2800 2814 2829 2889 2893

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

37.6%
Allow Rate
-30.4% vs TC avg
754
Total Applications
+9.9%
Interview Lift
1333
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 697 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
11.7%
§102 Novelty
82.6%
§103 Obviousness
5.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18329784 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CONTACT PLUG WITH AN UPPER CONDUCTIVE PATTERN FORMED ON AN UPPER SURFACE OF A LOWER CONDUCTIVE PATTERN Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18238714 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
17717493 DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A CAPPING LAYER WITH A THICKNESS OF ABOUT 280 ANGSTROMS TO ABOUT 360 ANGSTROMS DISPOSED ON AN EMISSION ELEMENT AN ANTI-REFLECTION LAYER DISPOSED ON THE CAPPING LAYER AND A FILLING LAYER HAVING A REFRACTIVE INDEX OF ABOUT 1.3 TO ABOUT 1.6 DISPOSED ON THE ANTI-REFLECTION LAYER Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18174830 SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
17978079 SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SUPER JUNCTION STRUCTURE WITH PARALLEL PN STRUCTURE IN DRIFT LAYER Final Rejection FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18227969 POWER DEVICES WITH IMPROVED ON-RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18225840 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING A SOURCE OR DRAIN OF AN OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR CHANNEL TRANSISTOR HAVING AN OFF-STATE CURRENT OF 10-13 A OR LESS CONNECTED TO GATE ELECTRODE OF A SILICON CHANNEL TRANSISTOR Final Rejection Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
17820380 SUPERCONDUCTING MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROCESSING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17559296 A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A DIFFUSION BREAK STRUCTURE WITH A FIRST WIDTH LESS THAN A WIDTH OF GATE TERMINAL Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18881996 POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING GATE ELECTRODE COVERS AT MOST A PORTION OF THE DRIFT REGION Final Rejection Hitachi Energy Ltd
17889971 A VERTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A RESURF REGION CONNECTING THE GUARD RINGS REGION AND BASE REGION Non-Final OA TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
18447340 TRANSFER FIN FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (finFET) OF A PIXEL SENSOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF CHANNEL FINS COUPLING THE N-TYPE REGION OF A PHOTODIODE TO AN EXTENSION REGION OF FLOATING DIFFUSION (FD) Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17823508 EMBEDDED SOI STRUCTURE FOR LOW LEAKAGE MOS CAPACITOR Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17862422 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17303524 METHOD FOR FORMING DEEP TRENCH ISOLATION IN AN IMAGING SENSOR BY SEPARATELY FORMING FIRST SET OF DEEP TRENCHES IN FIRST DIRECTION THEN FORMING SECOND SET OF DEEP TRENCHES IN SECOND DIRECTION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
16585859 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18952927 TRENCHED SCHOTTKY STRUCTURE HAVING A DOPED REGION LOCATED AT A CENTRAL POSITION BETWEEN FIRST TRENCH AND SECOND TRENCH STRUCTURES Final Rejection Diodes Incorporated
18737883 Manufacturing Method for a Power MOSFET with a p-n-p-n-p Gate-Source ESD Diode Structure Formed Over A Breakdown Voltage Enhancement and Leakage Prevention Structure Comprising a Reduced Surface Field (RESURF) Structure and a Body Ring Structure Non-Final OA Diodes Incorporated
17757822 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FULLY-DEPLETED SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR (FD_SOI) STRUCTURE INCLUDING HEAT-TREATING AN SOI SUBSTATE HAVING A P-TYPE MONOCRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER TO FORM A P-N JUNCTION BY DIFFUSION OF DOPANTS Non-Final OA Soitec
17878208 METHOD FOR STABILIZING BREAKDOWN VOLTAGES OF FLOATING GUARD RING Final Rejection National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
18191296 LDMOS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA DB HiTek Co., Ltd.
17529231 METHOD OF FORMING POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING FORMING AN ISOLATION TRENCH STRUCTURE IN THE TERMINATION REGION Non-Final OA PANJIT INTERNATIONAL INC.
18224110 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SEGMENTED RESURF REGION ENTIRELY COVERING SUPER JUNCTION P-N PILLARS Final Rejection Power Master Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
17642811 A SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A TRENCH FORMED IN A SUBSTRATE WITH A FIRST ANGLE FORMED BY FISRT SIDEWALL AND TOP SURFACE BEING LESS THAN A SECOND ANGLE FORMED BY SECOND SIDEWALL AND TOP SURFACE Final Rejection TOYO TANSO CO., LTD
18264045 MOSFET DEVICE HAVING A DEEP WELL OF FIRST CONDUCTIVE TYPE FORMED UNDER A BASE REGION OF FIRST CONDUCTIVE TYPE IN A SILICON CARBIDE SUBSTRATE AND A METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA YUEZHOU SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONICS (SHAOXING) CORP
17986977 SPLIT-GATE MOSFET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Hangzhou Silicon-Magic Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.
17828462 METHOD OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE INCLUDING FORMING GATE OXIDE SURROUNDING GATE ELECTRODE IN A THROUGH HOLE Non-Final OA Beijing Superstring Academy of Memory Technology

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