Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: MALLOY, ANNA E

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1713 1722 1737

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.5%
Allow Rate
-18.5% vs TC avg
543
Total Applications
-3.9%
Interview Lift
1256
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 505 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
13.2%
§102 Novelty
50.1%
§103 Obviousness
23.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18344992 PHOTORESIST TOPCOAT COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS USING THE COMPOSITION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18047030 PHOTOACID GENERATOR, PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE PHOTOACID GENERATOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17847794 METHOD FOR FORMING PHOTORESIST PATTERNS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18022762 CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST FILM USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
17612058 A NEGATIVE TONE LIFT OFF RESIST COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ALKALI SOLUBLE RESIN AND A PHOTO ACID GENERATOR, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL FILM PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE. Final Rejection Merck Patent GmbH
18468245 ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE FILM, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18446045 ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM, POSITIVE TONE PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
16964038 PHOTORESIST RESIN, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR PHOTORESIST RESIN, PHOTORESIST RESIN COMPOSITION, AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD Final Rejection DAICEL CORPORATION
17908255 OXIME ESTER PHOTOINITIATORS Non-Final OA BASF SE
18570518 COMPOSITION FOR REMOVING EDGE BEAD OF METAL-CONTAINING RESIST AND METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERN COMPRISING STEP OF REMOVING EDGE BEAD BY USING SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18545034 PELLICLE MEMBRANE, PELLICLE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PELLICLE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18271758 POLYIMIDE PRECURSOR RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18424322 METHOD FOR REMOVING DEFECT ON EUV MASK Non-Final OA NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18424025 RESIST COMPOSITION, RESIST PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND POLYMER Non-Final OA TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
18260917 PROTECTIVE FILM FORMING AGENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP Final Rejection TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
18349633 Resist Material And Patterning Process Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18331314 Resist Underlayer Film Material, Patterning Process, And Method For Forming Resist Underlayer Film Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18200874 CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED NEGATIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND RESIST PATTERN FORMING PROCESS Final Rejection Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
18142910 CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND RESIST PATTERN FORMING PROCESS Final Rejection Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
17667895 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN Non-Final OA SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18391906 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND COMPOSITION Final Rejection JSR CORPORATION
18528951 SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND COMPOSITION Non-Final OA JSR CORPORATION
18135838 RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN, POLYMER, AND COMPOUND Final Rejection JSR CORPORATION
18267192 METHOD OF PREPARING FILM AND COMPOSITION THEREFOR Non-Final OA DOW SILICONES CORPORATION

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