Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: OH, JIYOUNG

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2818

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.6%
Allow Rate
+7.6% vs TC avg
90
Total Applications
+25.8%
Interview Lift
1279
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 41 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
22.9%
§102 Novelty
61.8%
§103 Obviousness
14.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17799076 DISPLAY DEVICE USING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18138192 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18193758 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18156049 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18306348 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Final Rejection NICHIA CORPORATION
18759892 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18056438 GERMANIUM PHOTODIODE WITH REDUCED DARK CURRENT COMPRISING A PERIPHERAL INTERMEDIATE PORTION BASED ON SiGe/Ge Final Rejection Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
18113161 DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Magnolia White Corporation
18172218 DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17968371 DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING METAL LAYER WITH PROTRUDING PARTS AND RECESSED PARTS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17554004 INDUCTORS AND TRANSFORMERS FORMED BY BURIED POWER RAILS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18397729 MULTI-DIE TRANSFORMER POWER MODULES Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18194126 POST-LASER DICING WAFER-LEVEL TESTING Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18745962 MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES AND MEMORY DEVICES INCLUDING VERTICALLY SPACED TRANSISTORS AND STORAGE DEVICES, AND RELATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17993579 FOCAL PLANE ARRAY HAVING AN INDIUM ARSENIDE ABSORBER LAYER Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18398437 CIRCUIT CELLS HAVING CONDUCTION PATH BETWEEN FRONTSIDE POWER RAIL AND BACKSIDE POWER RAIL Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18510011 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18304350 METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17819482 POWER VIAS FOR BACKSIDE POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18775995 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DOPED REGION DIELECTRIC LAYER Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18506641 DIE STITCHING FOR STACKING ARCHITECTURE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17816782 Trimming Through Etching in Wafer to Wafer Bonding Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17845356 DOPED TANTALUM-CONTAINING BARRIER FILMS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17957194 HYBRID INSERTED DIELECRIC GATE-ALL-AROUND DEVICE Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18065918 Method for Bonding Dies to a Carrier Substrate Non-Final OA IMEC VZW
18151621 Alignment Mark Design for Wafer-Level Testing and Method Forming the Same Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Mamufacturing Co., Ltd.

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