Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RAHIM, NILUFA

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2893

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.9%
Allow Rate
+14.9% vs TC avg
489
Total Applications
-1.2%
Interview Lift
899
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 451 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
28.7%
§102 Novelty
44.5%
§103 Obviousness
21.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18475322 STACKED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES INCLUDING STAGGERED GATE STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18225768 COATING COMPOSITION FOR WAFER PROTECTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE USING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18213850 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18332270 IMAGE SENSOR Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18315982 IMAGE SENSOR Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18100752 IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19280176 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH METAL LAYERS Final Rejection Monolithic 3D Inc.
18623839 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY BORON ARSENIDE FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT, ELECTRONICS, OPTOELECTRONICS, AND PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18102209 AIRBRIDGE, SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUIT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATION THE SAME Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18449697 ELECTRONIC PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18001704 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18171119 SILICON SUPER JUNCTION STRUCTURES FOR INCREASED THROUGHPUT Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18520606 BACKSIDE DIELECTRIC LINERS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18574697 LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Sharp Display Technology Corporation
18362101 CAPACITOR ARRAY FORMATION USING SINGLE ETCH PROCESS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18345844 HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMATION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18320724 MOS-BASED DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR SOLVING WELL-PID Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18531703 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA Tianjin Sanan Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
18537297 INSULATION MODULE Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
18366887 Efficient FET Body and Substrate Contacts Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17891655 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
18163746 CFET SRAM WITH BUTT CONNECTION ON ACTIVE AREA Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18156978 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING EFUSE CELL Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18039048 OPTICAL ELEMENT, IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18185647 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Kokusai Electric Corporation
18022430 FIELD-FREE SPIN-ORBIT TORQUE SWITCHING OF PERPENDICULARLY POLARIZED MAGNETS Non-Final OA CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
18356919 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE CONTAINING SILICON OXYCARBIDE LINERS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
18475298 Power Semiconductor Device Having Shaped Trench Ends Non-Final OA Wolfspeed, Inc.
18270609 QLED AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA TCL TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATION
18265128 GROWTH METHOD AND STRUCTURE OF LED EPITAXY Final Rejection Focus Lightings Tech (Suqian) Co., Ltd.

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