Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NICELY, JOSEPH C

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2813

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.2%
Allow Rate
+9.2% vs TC avg
818
Total Applications
+20.1%
Interview Lift
866
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 781 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
21.3%
§102 Novelty
49.4%
§103 Obviousness
19.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17502692 FIELD PLATE ARRANGEMENT FOR TRENCH GATE FET Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18529130 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
17537638 CROSS CELL LOCAL INTERCONNECT WITH BPR AND CBoA Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18518585 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18663100 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA Innolux Corporation
18088546 GALLIUM NITRIDE (GAN) TRANSISTORS WITH LATERAL DRAIN DEPLETION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18084484 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
18179197 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18303989 STI LOSS MITIGATION BY RADICAL OXIDATION TREATMENT Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18152845 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ESD PROTECTION DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA NEXPERIA B.V.
18360555 SEMICONDUCTOR DIE STACKING ARCHITECTURE AND CONNECTION METHOD THEREFORE Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
17822937 T-GATE TRANSISTOR WITH MINI FIELD PLATE AND ANGLED GATE STEM Final Rejection Raytheon Company
18059129 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
18697212 BIFACIAL SOLAR CELL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA TONGWEI SOLAR (MEISHAN) CO., LTD.
18156120 WIDE BAND GAP TRANSISTOR WITH NANOLAMINATED INSULATING GATE STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A WIDE BAND GAP TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
17947703 REVERSE-CONDUCTING IGBT DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, INVERTER STAGE Final Rejection STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
18228713 FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS WITH A GATE DIELECTRIC LAYER FORMED ON A SURFACE TREATED BY ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING Non-Final OA GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
18201163 METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA United Semiconductor (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
18197909 TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
18502103 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
18059265 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
18299245 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRENCH-TYPE MOSFET Non-Final OA Hangzhou Silicon-Magic Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

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