Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MUNOZ, ANDRES F

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2818 2894 2897

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.5%
Allow Rate
+8.5% vs TC avg
743
Total Applications
+17.8%
Interview Lift
856
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 707 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
28.6%
§102 Novelty
43.7%
§103 Obviousness
21.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18479820 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17930820 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17872139 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18141153 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH IMPROVED ISOLATION Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18322882 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING POLYSILICON STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18303822 ISOLATION OF ADJACENT STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18156847 SEMICONDUCTOR DIE PACKAGE AND METHODS OF FORMATION Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18155491 IMAGE SENSOR PACKAGING AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
19033078 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE HAVING WIREBONDED MULTI-DIE STACK Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18601774 PACKAGE STACKING USING CHIP TO WAFER BONDING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17847559 GATE ALL AROUND TRANSISTORS ON ALTERNATE SUBSTRATE ORIENTATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17711978 MICROELECTRONIC STRUCTURE INCLUDING DIE BONDING FILM BETWEEN EMBEDDED DIE AND SURFACE OF SUBSTRATE CAVITY, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17553161 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURES HAVING DIELECTRIC ANCHOR AND CONFINED EPITAXIAL SOURCE OR DRAIN STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
16613406 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE Final Rejection WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18346558 FORMATION OF PHOTODIODE ABSORPTION REGION USING A SACRIFICIAL REGION Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18317736 AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE USING A SILICON CAP LAYER Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18488050 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA Tianjin Sanan Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
18476619 SELECTIVE BOTTOM SEED LAYER FORMATION FOR BOTTOM-UP EPITAXY Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18320425 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18479892 ELECTRONIC PACKAGE AND HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE THEREOF Non-Final OA SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
18495989 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING DUMMY ACTIVE REGION Non-Final OA Winbond Electronics Corp.
18098760 THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOURCE CONTACT STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION PROCESS METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Final Rejection National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
18487781 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE Non-Final OA SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
17877505 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BY USING THE SAME Final Rejection Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
18198024 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GaN_BASED POWER DEVICE AND GaN_BASED POWER DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBY Final Rejection KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17866062 CIP PACKAGE Final Rejection HARUMOTO TECHNOLOGY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD.

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