Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ROLAND, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2814 2893

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.8%
Allow Rate
-3.2% vs TC avg
577
Total Applications
+21.4%
Interview Lift
1165
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 542 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
7.9%
§102 Novelty
82.5%
§103 Obviousness
8.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17791402 DISPLAY DEVICE USING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17914006 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17904400 IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18077374 GATE CONTROL FOR STAGGERED STACKED FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18091211 2D NANORIBBONS UTILIZING SILICON SCAFFOLDING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17993594 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CELL INCLUDING COLUMN STACKED PINS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17901077 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WITH ELECTRODE SHARED BY ADJANCET CAPACITORS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
17900006 RESISTIVE MEMORY DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18524319 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
18068600 ULTRA-COMPACT, PASSIVE, WIRELESS SENSOR USING QUANTUM CAPACITANCE EFFECT IN GRAPHENE Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
17899411 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING CONDUCTIVE LINE MISALIGNED WITH MEMORY CELL Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
17939057 RECONFIGURABLE MEMTRANSISTORS Final Rejection THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
18515985 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17846147 WORD LINE STRUCTURE Final Rejection CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17395922 SRAM Cell Structures Final Rejection Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd.
17886491 Semiconductor Structure with Features of D-mode and E-mode GaN Devices and Semiconductor Process Thereof Final Rejection UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
17910258 SHORT RANGE INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA

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