Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1724 1756 1794 1795

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.0%
Allow Rate
-2.0% vs TC avg
1,297
Total Applications
+24.5%
Interview Lift
1232
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1253 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
3.2%
§102 Novelty
76.4%
§103 Obviousness
6.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18469590 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18959678 FILM FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18971510 MULTICATHODE PVD SYSTEM FOR HIGH ASPECT RATIO BARRIER SEED DEPOSITION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18391176 ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS AND MAGNET CONFIGURATIONS FOR PROCESSING CHAMBERS, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS, FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18144747 HIGH EFFICIENCY MICROWAVE PLASMA APPLICATOR Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc,
18108432 TRANSFER APPARATUS, AND RELATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS, FOR TRANSFERRING SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18099277 COMPOSITE PVD TARGETS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18327590 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
19033192 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR METAL AND CERAMIC NANOLAYERING FOR ACCIDENT TOLERANT NUCLEAR FUEL, PARTICLE ACCELERATORS, AND AEROSPACE LEADING EDGES Non-Final OA Starfire Industries LLC
19017900 HIGH PURITY SULFUR-DOPED COPPER SPUTTERING TARGET ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA TOSOH SMD, INC.
18992526 Co-Cr-Pt-OXIDE-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET Non-Final OA TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18872170 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SPECIFIC RESISTIVITY AND STRESS OF TUNGSTEN THROUGH PVD SPUTTERING METHOD Non-Final OA ULVAC, INC.
18492149 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS USING SUPERCRITICAL FLUID Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
18871809 GALLIUM NITRIDE SINTERED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA TOSOH CORPORATION
18866558 METALLIC SPUTTERING TARGET, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METALLIC MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA TOSOH CORPORATION
18247724 SPARK PLASMA SINTERED COMPONENT FOR PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER Non-Final OA Lam Research Corporation
18393836 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFORM COATING OF ROLLING SPHERES Non-Final OA Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
17776806 METHOD OF DEPOSITING MATERIAL ON A SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA Dyson Technology Limited
18679972 Perpendicular MR SAF Non-Final OA Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
18724150 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD Final Rejection PSK INC.
17182874 APPROACHES TO MODIFYING A COLOR OF AN ELECTROCHROMIC STACK IN A TINTED STATE Non-Final OA SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.
18392422 HIGHLY HOMOGENEOUS GLASS SPUTTER TARGETS WITH LARGE ASPECT RATIO AND HIGH RELATIVE DENSITY FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION Final Rejection SCHOTT Japan Corporation

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