Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MALEK, MALIHEH

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1721 2813

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.4%
Allow Rate
+11.4% vs TC avg
629
Total Applications
+3.5%
Interview Lift
1035
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 606 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
23.4%
§102 Novelty
61.6%
§103 Obviousness
9.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18578159 Touch Layer, Touch Display Apparatus, and Manufacturing Method for Touch Layer Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18604297 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18516159 VERTICAL GATE DRAM DEVICE Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18500993 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18751382 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
18498697 CFET WITH VIA FUSE STRUCTURE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18460189 METHODS AND STRUCTURES FOR HIGH STRENGTH ASYMMETRIC DIELECTRIC IN HYBRID BONDING Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18489623 HYBRID POWER CONVERTERS, LATERAL DEVICES, VERTICAL DEVICES, MULTIPLE COPPER CLIPS, REPLICA DEVICES Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18489729 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DEVICE COMPRISING TWO SEMICONDUCTOR DICE AND A DEVICE THEREOF Final Rejection STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
18532556 GATE TIE-DOWN TO BACKSIDE POWER RAIL Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18366083 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BACKSIDE ISOLATION FEATURE INTEGRATION Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18314684 INTEGRATED STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING SHARED CONTACT PLUG AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Richtek Technology Corporation
18292031 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
18372684 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

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