Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2814

This examiner grants 100% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

100.0%
Allow Rate
+32.0% vs TC avg
54
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1251
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 10 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
20.4%
§102 Novelty
55.2%
§103 Obviousness
12.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18524135 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18346371 SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18491552 METHOD INCLUDING POSITIONING A DUMMY SOURCE DIE OR A DESTINATION SITE TO COMPENSATE FOR OVERLAY ERROR Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18454657 ENABLING MICRO-BUMP ARCHITECTURES WITHOUT THE USE OF SACRIFICIAL PADS FOR PROBING A WAFER Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18213523 TRENCH ISOLATION STRUCTURES FOR BACKSIDE CONTACTS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18512857 FERROELECTRIC BASED MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
18524138 HOT ION IMPLANTATION FOR CONDENSATION DEFECT REDUCTION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18244040 METHODS FOR FORMING GATE OXIDE LAYER FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LTD
18335754 METAL-INSULATOR-METAL STRUCTURE AND METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17690685 ANTI-FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTION WITH ASYMMETRICAL METAL ELECTRODES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17685584 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17935627 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES WITH ANGLED INTERCONNECTS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17561824 STRESS ARREST LIP ON COPPER PAD FOR LOW ROUGHNESS COPPER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17561735 SUSPENDED STRUCTURES IN GLASS USING MODIFIED GLASS PATTERNING PROCESSES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17517152 NO-REMELT SOLDER ENFORCEMENT JOINT Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17485158 SINGLE-SIDED NANOSHEET TRANSISTORS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17485149 TRANSISTORS WITH REDUCED EPITAXIAL SOURCE/DRAIN SPAN VIA ETCH-BACK FOR IMPROVED CELL SCALING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18254029 WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
18524036 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA MIRISE Technologies Corporation
18220501 ELECTRONIC PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
17973641 WINDOW BALL GRIDE ARRAY (WBGA) PACKAGE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18347904 CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
18230423 MOSFET TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
18562058 COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERED STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA UMICORE
18526384 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING A CAPACITIVE TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
18058932 STRUCTURE WITH COPPER BOND PAD AND COPPER INTERCONNECT Non-Final OA GlobalFoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18459777 Semiconductor Device and Method of Making Face-Up Wafer-Level Package Using Intensive Pulsed Light Irradiation Final Rejection STATS ChipPAC Pte. Ltd.
18312013 DISPLAY BACKPLANE ASSEMBLY, LED DISPLAY MODULE, AND RELATED METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA CHONGQING KONKA PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
17870209 DISPLAY PANEL HAVING WHITE INSULATION LAYER AND SPACER LAYER FOR INCREASING THE RESOLUTION Final Rejection AU Optronics Corporation

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