Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: PURVIS, SUE A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2800 2811 2815 2817 2829 2845 2893 2898 2899

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.9%
Allow Rate
-2.1% vs TC avg
128
Total Applications
+14.7%
Interview Lift
1241
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 85 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
30.3%
§102 Novelty
45.3%
§103 Obviousness
20.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18652000 BEOL FABRICATION METHOD INCLUDING REMOVING DUMMY LINES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18435168 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18000794 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18527430 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
17931306 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18467961 SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENTS WITH FIELD SHIELDING BY POLARIZATION DOPING Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18420678 LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18189940 MOTHER SUBSTRATE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17751025 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17076870 APPLICATION OF SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS FOR IMPROVED VIA INTEGRATION Final Rejection Intel NDTM US LLC
18561435 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT Final Rejection TDK CORPORATION
17673728 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE WITH MULTIPLE WAVEGUIDES Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18510630 SELECTIVE FEATURE MODIFICATION USING DIRECTIONAL DEPOSITION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18370536 IN-SITU SIDEWALL PASSIVATION TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF HIGH ASPECT RATIO FEATURES Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18402618 MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING STAIRCASE STRUCTURES, AND RELATED MEMORY DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS Final Rejection Lodestar Licensing Group LLC
18612001 WIRING STRATEGY FOR STACK FET S/D CONTACTS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18588760 STAGGERED THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHIP STACKING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18832418 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT Non-Final OA AMS-OSRAM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
18520946 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
17736071 TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection United Microelectronics Corp.
17731853 NANOWIRE/NANOSHEET DEVICE WITH SUPPORT PORTION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
18512837 FULL-COLOR LED STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD OF FULL-COLOR LED STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Enkris Semiconductor, Inc.

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