Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NIELSEN, DEREK LANG

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2899

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
-1.3% vs TC avg
78
Total Applications
+48.6%
Interview Lift
1305
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 54 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
4.5%
§102 Novelty
92.7%
§103 Obviousness
2.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18168681 FERROELECTRIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, NEURAL NETWORK APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17671351 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18319551 THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (3DIC) SYSTEMS WITH A HEAT SPREADER CONFIGURED AS A BACKSIDE POWER PLANE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17888918 POWER MODULE FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection Kia Corporation
17645357 INSULATING CHIP Non-Final OA ROHM Co., LTD.
17452642 SUBSTRATE HOLDER, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE HOLDER Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18473896 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORIES, MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF, AND MEMORY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18333033 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
18404748 DICING GROOVE INSPECTING METHOD AND DICING METHOD Non-Final OA TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
18466820 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
18207088 PACKAGE STRUCTURE Final Rejection Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
17839313 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL GATE MOS TRANSISTOR Final Rejection Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
17574904 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
17846493 METHODS FOR PREVENTING EPI DAMAGE DURING ISOLATION PROCESSES Final Rejection Taiwan Semicondutor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

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