Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: NIELSEN, DEREK LANG

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2899

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.3%
Allow Rate
At TC average
80
Total Applications
+41.4%
Interview Lift
1313
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 60 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
15.3%
§102 Novelty
69.3%
§103 Obviousness
13.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17891738 THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF BASE DIES IN MULTICHIP COMPOSITE DEVICES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18473896 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORIES, MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF, AND MEMORY SYSTEMS Final Rejection Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
17888918 POWER MODULE FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
17726494 FLIP-CHIP BONDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17452642 SUBSTRATE HOLDER, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE HOLDER Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18499266 VIA CONNECTION IN MIDDLE BEOL WIRING Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18333033 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
18466820 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
17671551 PLASMA DAMAGE PROTECTION DEVICE AND PLASMA DAMAGE PROTECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Winbond Electronics Corp.
18349440 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGE Final Rejection SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC

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