Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PARENDO, KEVIN A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2819 2823 2896

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.7%
Allow Rate
+3.7% vs TC avg
785
Total Applications
+12.1%
Interview Lift
1062
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 742 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
20.9%
§102 Novelty
47.6%
§103 Obviousness
27.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18164228 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18489082 Organic Light-Emitting Display Device Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
17416497 OLED DISPLAY HAVING INSLATING LAYERS REMOVED OVER THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18480886 SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18116513 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18044780 METHOD OF PATTERNING A LAYER OF SUPERCONDUCTOR MATERIAL Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17879091 SELECTIVE SILICIDE DEPOSITION FOR 3-D DRAM Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18183574 Image Sensor Structures And Methods For Forming The Same Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17482926 INTEGRATED, CONFIGURABLE MICRO HEAT PUMP AND MICROCHANNELS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18620002 MEMORY ARRAY HAVING BRIDGING MATERIAL BETWEEN ADJACENT MEMORY BLOCKS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18489172 PHASE CHANGE RAM DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
18458023 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18450187 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18182529 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18182765 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
17696042 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
17969301 IMAGE SENSING DEVICE Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
18186441 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING SHIELDING ELEMENT Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
17948549 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18240065 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18480996 HIGH VOLTAGE AND HIGH-POWER DIAMOND BASED JUNCTION-GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (JFET) SWITCH WITH PHOTO-CONTROLLED GATE Non-Final OA Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
18169780 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A SUPER JUNCTION STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
18109211 BACKSIDE REFRACTION LAYER FOR BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSOR AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18064133 STATIC RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY DEVICE WITH THREE-LAYERED CELL DESIGN Non-Final OA IMEC VZW
18152193 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18149210 PATTERNING METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18185388 MICRO LIGHT EMITTING DIODE Non-Final OA PlayNitride Display Co., Ltd.
18106209 CMOS Image Sensor and Method for Forming the Same Final Rejection HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR (WUXI) LIMITED

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