Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PHAM, THOMAS T

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1713 1714

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.7%
Allow Rate
-13.3% vs TC avg
634
Total Applications
+15.3%
Interview Lift
1208
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 565 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
17.6%
§102 Novelty
49.1%
§103 Obviousness
30.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17889136 METHOD FOR TREATING OBJECT TO BE TREATED AND TREATMENT LIQUID Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18187055 ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING OF METAL OXIDES USING NOVEL CO-REACTANTS AS HALOGENATING AGENTS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION Non-Final OA North Carolina State University
16645741 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISK-SHAPED GLASS SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN GLASS SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-GUIDING PLATE Non-Final OA HOYA CORPORATION
19051385 METAL OXIDE DIRECTIONAL REMOVAL Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18668480 PLASMA PROCESSING WITH INDEPENDENT TEMPERATURE CONTROL Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17921789 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT Final Rejection KYOCERA Corporation
18782475 BY-SITE-COMENSATED ETCH BACK FOR LOCAL PLANARIZATION/TOPOGRAPHY ADJUSTMENT Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18657842 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17967041 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOLVENT RECYCLING Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17966021 MAGNET-DRIVEN CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18386520 MEMORY CELLS WITH SIDEWALL AND BULK REGIONS IN PLANAR STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17944227 ANTI-CORROSION SUPER-SLIPPERY ALUMINUM CAPILLARY TUBE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING THE SAME Non-Final OA XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
17440212 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
17446723 METHOD FOR ETCHING A III-N MATERIAL LAYER Final Rejection COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18538048 ISOTROPIC ECHING METHOD FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS Non-Final OA Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18622318 METHOD FOR REMOVING METAL-CONTAINING MATERIALS IN SMALL PITCH STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18433320 DIRECT CURRENT SUPERPOSITION (DCS) FOR PROTECTION OF ORGANIC MANDREL DURING SPACER DEPOSITION Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18402328 FAULT DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION (FDC) FOR ENDPOINT DETECTION (EPD) BY REFLECTOMETRY Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18395879 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18518862 CLEANING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
17880660 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SHAPE OF A PATTERN OVER A SUBSTRATE Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18476215 DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
17908177 PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18784608 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING IMPURITIES DURING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17809912 Chemical Composition for Tri-Layer Removal Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17991044 METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY REMOVING OXIDE FROM A SURFACE Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
17924248 METHOD FOR ETCHING SILICON WAFER Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
17851812 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE Final Rejection SEMES CO., LTD.
18003894 REMOVABLE CVD POLYMER FILM FOR SURFACE PROTECTION AND QUEUE PERIOD EXTENSION Final Rejection Lam Research Corporation
16577358 High Oxide VS Nitride Selectivity, Low And Uniform Oxide Trench Dishing In Shallow Trench Isolation(STI) Chemical Mechanical Planarization Polishing(CMP) Non-Final OA Versum Materials US, LLC

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