Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: PERSAUD, DEORAM

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2882

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Analysis

Deoram Persaud works in Art Unit 2882 of Tech Center 2800. The examiner has 771 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 76.9 percent. This suggests a favorable environment for applicants seeking allowance. The volume of cases indicates the examiner's experience in this technical area.

The interview lift is 12.0 percent, showing that applications with interviews are more likely to be allowed than those without. Practitioners should consider interviews as a way to expedite the process relative to the baseline rate of 76.9 percent. For cases that reach allowance, the median time to allowance is 1015 days. This pendency figure provides a benchmark for the duration of the prosecution process.

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

Performance Statistics

76.9%
Allow Rate
+8.9% vs TC avg
801
Total Applications
+12.0%
Interview Lift
1015
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 771 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.7%
§101 Eligibility
31.4%
§102 Novelty
48.0%
§103 Obviousness
6.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18868349 UNDERLAYER WITH BONDED DOPANTS FOR PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY Non-Final OA Lam Research Corporation
19026754 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVELOPER TOOL AND METHODS OF OPERATION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18978369 RETICLE CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18942941 GRAY TONE UNIFORMITY CONTROL OVER SUBSTRATE TOPOGRAPHY Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18486726 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL LITHOGRAPHY SCAN SEQUENCING Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
19044299 EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA Gigaphoton Inc.
18969886 EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA Gigaphoton Inc.
19008383 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SENSOR DATA OF AN OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL SYSTEM AND LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS HAVING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
19092004 COOLING DEVICE FOR COOLING A POSITION-SENSITIVE COMPONENT OF A LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
19026708 SUBSTRATE HOLDER FOR USE IN LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
19009394 LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V
19009546 ABERRATION IMPACT SYSTEMS, MODELS, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18876810 METROLOGY METHOD AND ASSOCIATED METROLOGY DEVICE Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18870245 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE SURFACE TREATMENT Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18790520 EUV LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM HAVING A GAS-BINDING COMPONENT Final Rejection ASML Netherlands B.V.
18749556 COMPUTATIONAL METROLOGY BASED SAMPLING SCHEME Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18712671 SURROUNDING PATTERN AND PROCESS AWARE METROLOGY Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18687727 THERMAL CONDITIONING UNIT, SUBSTRATE HANDLING DEVICE AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18567053 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING THERMALLY-INDUCED DEFORMATIONS Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18233263 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MONITOR A PROCESS APPARATUS Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18675653 ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, IRRADIATION METHOD, AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

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