Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: MAI, ANH D

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

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

37.9%
Allow Rate
-30.1% vs TC avg
761
Total Applications
+10.0%
Interview Lift
1338
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 702 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
44.5%
§103 Obviousness
30.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18234596 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17909530 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18238714 DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection LG Display Co., Ltd.
18593833 A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SEPARATION REGION CONTACTING GUARD RING REGION AND DEEP SEMICONDUCTOR REGION PARTITIONING A DEVICE PART INTO A PLURALITY OF DEVICE REGIONS AND THE SEPARATION REGION HAVING A WIDTH LESS THAN A WIDTH OF GUARD RING REGION Final Rejection Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
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
17353248 SIGNAL ISOLATION APPARATUS OF A PMOS UTILIZING TWO ISOLATION RINGS OF LOW DOPING DENSITY PARTIALLY SURROUND AN N-WELL AND A METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18139884 FLEXIBLE WIRING BOARD HAVING SIGNAL LINE FORMED BETWEEN TWO INORGANIC LAYERS AND COVERED BY ORGANIC LAYERS OVER THE INORGANIC LAYERS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18361880 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH A HIGH K FIELD RELIEF DIELECTRIC STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18344769 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH NITROGEN DOPED FIELD RELIEF DIELECTRIC LAYER Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
17823508 EMBEDDED SOI STRUCTURE FOR LOW LEAKAGE MOS CAPACITOR Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17838303 FIN FIELD EFFECT TRANSSITOR (FinFET) STRUCTURE HAVING ISOLATION STRUCTURE INTERUPTING CONTINUITY OF SEMICONDUCTO FINS INTO SEGMENTED PORTIONS Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, 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 Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17711885 METHOD FOR FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A GATE MASK COMPOSING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER OVER A DIELECTRIC LAYER FORMED ON GATE ELECTRODE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17820380 SUPERCONDUCTING MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROCESSING Final Rejection 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
18182780 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CONTACT STRUCTURES FORMED IN THREE DIFFERENT INSULATING FILMS WITH DIFFERENT DIELECTRIC CONSTANT OR DIFFERENT YOUNG'S MODULUS FROM ONE ANOTHER Non-Final OA RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

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