Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
96
Total Applications
+19.7%
Interview Lift
1227
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 61 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
22.6%
§102 Novelty
49.5%
§103 Obviousness
24.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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.
17628702 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18158342 SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18197545 FORMATION OF SILICON-AND-METAL-CONTAINING MATERIALS FOR HARDMASK APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17900386 FDSOI DEVICE INCLUDING SELF-ALIGNED DIFFUSION BREAK Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17634712 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17479794 BOTTOM JUNCTION AND CONTACT AREA STRUCTURES FOR VERTICAL TRANSPORT FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18321609 METHOD OF FORMING CONTACT STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18297462 CERAMIC SUBSTRATE STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18450115 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING INCLINED WORD LINE CONTACT STRIPS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
17448732 Back Side Power Supply for Electronic Devices Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18467581 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
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.
17850370 FORMING STRUCTURES WITH BOTTOM-UP FILL TECHNIQUES Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
17870541 ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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 Final Rejection Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
17865544 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA NEPES HAYYIM

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