Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SCHODDE, CHRISTOPHER A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2822 2898

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.8%
Allow Rate
-16.2% vs TC avg
116
Total Applications
+35.2%
Interview Lift
1215
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 83 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
16.1%
§102 Novelty
49.2%
§103 Obviousness
33.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17718795 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17549323 WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
17601133 DISPLAY PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17669143 SINGULATING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18062446 POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18312192 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18309873 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17571322 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18191250 DONOR SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Postech Research and Business Development Foundation
17812700 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
17340069 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17883919 FINFETS WITH REDUCED PARASITICS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17741200 WAFER-LEVEL CHIP SCALE PACKAGING WITH COPPER CORE BALL EMBEDDED INTO MOLD Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18506621 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH REFERENCE VOLTAGE CIRCUIT Final Rejection ABLIC INC.
17460589 METAL INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
17875395 TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd.
18231806 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
17572649 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Lextar Electronics Corporation
17967933 RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES, SILICON CARBIDE HOMOEPITAXIAL SUBSTRATES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
17871281 METAL COMPONENT Non-Final OA Mitsui High-tec, Inc.

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