Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MAI, ANH D

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

This examiner grants 37% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

37.4%
Allow Rate
-30.6% vs TC avg
748
Total Applications
+8.8%
Interview Lift
1385
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 692 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
23.9%
§102 Novelty
42.8%
§103 Obviousness
29.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18234596 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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.
18446919 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF P-TYPE DEEP LAYERS AND PLURALITY OF N-TYPE DEEP LAYERS LATERALLY AND ALTERNATIVELY FORMED UNDER P-TYPE BODY LAYER EXTENDING IN A SECOND DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF THE TRENCH Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18139884 FLEXIBLE WIRING BOARD HAVING SIGNAL LINE FORMED BETWEEN TWO INORGANIC LAYERS AND COVERED BY ORGANIC LAYERS OVER THE INORGANIC LAYERS Final Rejection Samsung 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.
16779375 AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING A METAL MIRROR PATTERN AND A CAMERA 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.
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 Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18782714 METHOD FOR FORMING A MAMR STRUCTURE BASED ON A TMR - SPIN TORQUE OSCILLATOR (STO) HAVING SEED LAYER AND CAPPING LAYER OF METAL OXIDE Non-Final OA 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.
17838303 FIN FIELD EFFECT TRANSSITOR (FinFET) STRUCTURE HAVING ISOLATION STRUCTURE INTERUPTING CONTINUITY OF SEMICONDUCTO FINS INTO SEGMENTED PORTIONS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17473427 GATE-ALL-AROUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING A FIRST SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH MORE SEMICONDUCTOR BODIES THAN A SECOND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17295432 PRESSURE SENSOR DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE CARRIER FORMED UNDER A DIAPHRAGM IN A MOVABLE REGION Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18881996 POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING GATE ELECTRODE COVERS AT MOST A PORTION OF THE DRIFT REGION Non-Final OA 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
18786966 METHOD OF FORMING A 3D STACKED CHIP INCLUDING FORMING A FIRST DIE ON ONE SIDE OF A THROUGH-SUBSTRATE VIA (TSV) AND FORMING A SECOND DIE ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TSV AFTER THINNING OF THE SUBSTRATE TO EXPOSE THE TSV Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17717731 METHOD OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A LOWER CONDUCTIVE LAYER OF A MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE BEING PLASMA TREATED BEFORE FORMING A SECOND CONDUCTIVE LAYER Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
16585859 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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
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
17986977 SPLIT-GATE MOSFET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Hangzhou Silicon-Magic Semiconductor Technology 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

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