Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MCCORMACK, JASON L

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2881

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.4%
Allow Rate
+16.4% vs TC avg
1,063
Total Applications
+8.1%
Interview Lift
778
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1028 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.4%
§102 Novelty
75.9%
§103 Obviousness
13.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18243835 PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18241570 SUBSTRATE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF INSPECTING A SUBSTRATE USING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18366322 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BY USING FOCUSED ION BEAM AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SUPPORTED BY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION PATTERN Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18462647 NANOFLUIDIC CELL FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF NANO-BUBBLES IN A SIMULATED RESERVOIR Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18419940 APPARATUS FOR ANALYSING AND/OR PROCESSING A SAMPLE WITH A PARTICLE BEAM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
18421373 ELECTRON MICROSCOPE DETECTOR AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18562769 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION METHOD Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18384791 CHARGED PARTICLE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection ASML Netherlands B.V.
18320157 INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION TOOL Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18018578 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL ELECTRON DETECTION IN AN INSPECTION APPARATUS Final Rejection ASML Netherlands B.V.
18542072 Optics for In-Situ Scanning Electron Microscope Repair Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18350643 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-INVASIVE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING DIELECTRIC/SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACE TRAP DENSITY USING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE CHARGING Final Rejection FemtoMetrix, Inc.
18360197 Fastening an object to a manipulator and/or to an object holder in a particle beam apparatus Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
18458929 FAST AND ACCURATE STRAIN MAPPING USING ELECTRON DIFFRACTION Final Rejection FEI Company
17989550 Method Of Imaging And Milling A Sample Non-Final OA FEI Company
18421161 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE Non-Final OA Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
18569773 Internal Fragment Reduction in Top Down ECD Analysis of Proteins Non-Final OA DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.
18577438 THIN-FILM-BASED ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA VITROTEM B.V.
18574091 IMPROVED TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN LIQUID PHASE TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Non-Final OA Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
18541778 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TRAPPED IONS Non-Final OA Oxford Ionics Limited
18564683 ULTRAVIOLET STERILIZATION DEVICE AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA ADVANCE SOLUTION CO., LTD
18514864 MOBILE BIDIRECTIONAL STERILIZATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SAME Non-Final OA DUCK YANG INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

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