Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MULERO FLORES, ERIC MANUEL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2898

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.5%
Allow Rate
+16.5% vs TC avg
95
Total Applications
+18.5%
Interview Lift
1179
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 58 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
25.9%
§102 Novelty
56.9%
§103 Obviousness
15.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18671649 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18335336 PACKAGED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING ENHANCED ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTS THEREIN Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17772715 FORMATION OF MICROLED MESA STRUCTURES WITH ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION PASSIVATED SIDEWALLS, A SELF-ALIGNED DIELECTRIC VIA TO THE TOP ELECTRICAL CONTACT, AND A PLASMA-DAMAGE-FREE TOP CONTACT Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18015085 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND POWER CONVERTER Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18354769 FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18248497 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18058006 Harvested Reconstitution Bumping Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18099555 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17834274 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18076374 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Innolux Corporation
17643263 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18325377 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND RADIO-FREQUENCY MODULE Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18206579 PACKAGE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
17831810 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SELECT DIES OF KNOWN THICKNESSES Final Rejection Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18170581 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH PAD CONTACT FEATURE AND METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection NXP USA, INC.
18381889 PROBING PAD DESIGN IN SCRIBE LINE FOR FLIP CHIP PACKAGE Non-Final OA NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18129204 PROBING PAD DESIGN IN SCRIBE LINE FOR FLIP CHIP PACKAGE Final Rejection NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18169996 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18079170 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd.
17821790 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA Lextar Electronics Corporation
18009984 MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SHINKAWA LTD.
17707703 HIGH-YIELDING AND ULTRAFINE PITCH PACKAGES FOR LARGE-SCALE IC OR ADVANCED IC Non-Final OA nD-HI Technologies Lab, Inc.
18072686 Method and Apparatus for Achieving Package-Level Chip-Scale Packaging that Allows for the Incorporation of In-Package Integrated Passives Final Rejection Atlas Magnetics Inc.
17935616 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA CHANGXIN JIDIAN (BEIJING) MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17617561 A PHOTOSENSITIVE TRANSFER RESIN FOR TRANSFERRING AN LED CHIP, A METHOD OF TRANSFERRING AN LED CHIP USING THE PHOTOSENSITIVE TRANSFER RESIN, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME Non-Final OA AGASemicon Corp.

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