Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SALAZ, SAMMANTHA KATELYN

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2814 2892 3645

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sammantha Katelyn Salaz is a patent examiner in Tech Center 3600, assigned to Art Unit 2814. She has 29 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 89.7% for these 29 cases. This 89.7% figure represents the frequency of grants among all resolved cases for this examiner.

The interview lift for Sammantha Katelyn Salaz is 17.6%. This 17.6% lift indicates the change in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted during prosecution. Practitioners can use this lift to evaluate the potential impact of oral advocacy on their specific applications in Art Unit 2814.

The median days to allowance is 1193. This 1193 day period measures the time from the filing of an application to the issuance of a patent. This median provides a data point for estimating the duration of the examination process for matters assigned to this examiner.

Practitioners should consider the 89.7% allowance rate and the 17.6% interview lift when developing their response strategies. These figures, along with the 1193 day median, offer a statistical overview of the examiner's history in Tech Center 3600.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

86.2%
Allow Rate
+34.2% vs TC avg
62
Total Applications
+9.3%
Interview Lift
1193
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 29 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
26.7%
§102 Novelty
56.9%
§103 Obviousness
13.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18634937 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18211786 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18676909 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18691021 LIGHT-EMITTING SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18422048 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
17856493 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18250991 DISPLAY MODULE HAVING POL-LESS DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17889962 PACKAGE ARCHITECTURES WITH GLASS CORES FOR THICKNESS REDUCTION AND 3D INTEGRATION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17856869 INDEPENDENT GATE STACK FOR SINGLE NANOWIRE STANDARD CELL TRANSISTORS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17850623 STACKED SINGLE CRYSTAL TRANSITION-METAL DICHALCOGENIDE USING SEEDED GROWTH Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17694266 FABRICATION OF GATE-ALL-AROUND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURES HAVING DUAL METAL GATES AND GATE DIELECTRICS WITH A SINGLE POLARITY DIPOLE LAYER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18493765 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH COUPLER STRUCTURE Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18337867 PROTECTION DIODE FOR STACKED FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17935992 STRUCTURE TO FORM AND INTEGRATE HIGH VOLTAGE FINFET I/O DEVICE WITH NANOSHEET LOGIC DEVICE Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17932677 DUAL DIELECTRIC STRESSORS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18560325 ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLIES WITH THERMAL INTERFACE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Tesla, Inc.
18486071 OPTICAL SENSOR PACKAGE WITH ENCAPSULANT IS BETWEEN AND SEPARATES SUBSTRATES AND MULTIPLE ASSEMBLIES Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics PTE LTD
18438875 Threshold Voltage Tuning Using Aluminum Layer as Dipole Material Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18460594 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18338715 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18314968 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18150362 PIXEL SENSOR ISOLATION STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17836781 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING METAL SURROUNDING VIA CONTACT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18351099 Volume-Less Dipole Incorporation into CFET Having Common Gate Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18350552 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF USING ETCH STOP STRUCTURES LOCATED BETWEEN TIERS Non-Final OA SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
18224050 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

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