Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2812 2814 4100

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Analysis

Tiberiu Dan Onuta serves in Art Unit 2812 of Tech Center 4100 and has overseen 93 resolved cases. He has an allowance rate of 77.4% and a median time to allowance of 1240 days. These 93 cases show a successful but slow prosecution path.

The interview lift is 23.6%, which provides a substantial boost to the 77.4% baseline. This 23.6% increase suggests that direct communication is very effective for this examiner. Practitioners should use the 23.6% lift to navigate the 1240-day pendency and secure a grant.

The 77.4% allowance rate is a strong starting point. The 23.6% lift makes the interview an essential part of the strategy. This data from 93 cases suggests that Onuta is very responsive to verbal clarification.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

77.4%
Allow Rate
+17.4% vs TC avg
125
Total Applications
+23.6%
Interview Lift
1240
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 93 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
21.9%
§102 Novelty
65.3%
§103 Obviousness
11.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18659417 SCHOTTKY-BARRIER PHOTODETECTOR WITH GERMANIUM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18393092 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING SWITCH CELL AREA Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18464091 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18758707 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18440823 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18667892 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18887371 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POWER SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF FINS AND POWER SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT PRODUCED THEREFROM Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17958452 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Innolux Corporation
18791432 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Magnolia White Corporation
18900247 HIGH-BANDWIDTH THREE-DIMENSIONAL STACKED MEMORY WITH A BASE DIE ENABLING COMPUTE LOGIC WITHOUT MEMORY POWER GRID RESTRICTIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18458242 PACKAGE SUBSTRATE EMPLOYING FILM SUBSTRATE AND AN OUTER PRE-IMPREGNATED (PPG) SUBSTRATE(S) TO SUPPORT HIGH DENSITY BUMP AND WIRE BOND CONNECTIONS, AND RELATED HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) PACKAGES AND FABRICATION METHODS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17855568 SINX BASED SURFACE FINISH ARCHITECTURE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17128618 THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAND MEMORY DEVICE WITH SPLIT CHANNEL GATES Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18282196 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
17740279 MODULAR QUANTUM CHIP DESIGN WITH OVERLAPPING CONNECTION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17894756 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
17411431 BCD IC WITH GATE ETCH AND SELF-ALIGNED IMPLANT INTEGRATION Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18669914 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18737615 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
18412209 DEPOSITION APPARATUS WITH DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
18523531 CHARGE PUMP CIRCUITS WITH BACKSIDE FLY CAPACITORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18304638 PACKAGE INCLUDING BACKSIDE CONNECTOR AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18944317 METHOD FOR FABRICATING PHOTOMASK AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DAMASCENE STRUCTURE Final Rejection NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
17899891 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
18780420 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

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