Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PRIDEMORE, NATHAN ANDREW

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2898

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.8%
Allow Rate
+5.8% vs TC avg
98
Total Applications
+20.3%
Interview Lift
1243
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 65 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
6.7%
§102 Novelty
82.8%
§103 Obviousness
9.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18517325 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18332784 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18555905 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17511531 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17479794 BOTTOM JUNCTION AND CONTACT AREA STRUCTURES FOR VERTICAL TRANSPORT FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18197545 FORMATION OF SILICON-AND-METAL-CONTAINING MATERIALS FOR HARDMASK APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17900386 FDSOI DEVICE INCLUDING SELF-ALIGNED DIFFUSION BREAK Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18467581 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
18321609 METHOD OF FORMING CONTACT STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17464980 Semiconductor Structures With Densly Spaced Contact Features Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17991365 MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
17481971 MEMORY PERIPHERAL CIRCUIT HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSISTORS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18562749 Semiconductor Device Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18305403 Heterojunction-Based Vacuum Field Effect Transistors Non-Final OA Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
17528481 MANUFACTURE METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd.
17877324 Method for Manufacturing Integrated Metal Resistance Layer Non-Final OA Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
18324327 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OF THE SILICON ON INSULATOR TYPE AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
17865544 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA NEPES HAYYIM

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