Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1713 1718

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.5%
Allow Rate
-2.5% vs TC avg
71
Total Applications
+75.0%
Interview Lift
1298
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 8 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
61.8%
§103 Obviousness
22.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17837364 MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR GROUP-III COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL Non-Final OA Panasonic Holdings Corporation
18424470 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT ANGLED ION PROCESSING Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18185638 TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUS FOR UNIDIRECTIONAL HOLE ELONGATION USING ANGLED ION BEAMS Non-Final OA APPLIED Materials, Inc.
17959189 CASSETTE STRUCTURES AND RELATED METHODS FOR BATCH PROCESSING IN EPITAXIAL DEPOSITION OPERATIONS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17561085 BASE PLATE FOR HEATER PEDESTAL Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18113862 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18073185 UPPER ELECTRODE AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
17976513 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
17996524 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
17943702 METHOD OF DETECTING DEVIATION AMOUNT OF SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT POSITION AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
17903431 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
17896904 APPARATUS FOR FORMING FILM ON SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FORMING FILM ON SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
17809384 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
17845354 SHOWER HEAD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
17854091 CHAMBER LINER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
17907857 PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17971829 PLASMA CVD APPARATUS WITH A BEVEL MASK WITH A PLANAR INNER EDGE Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
17955816 MODULAR REACTION CHAMBER Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
17896218 CVD APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING CHAMBER OF CVD APPARATUS Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
17987456 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
17951059 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND INNER TUBE Final Rejection KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
17993996 PROCESS GAS SUPPLYING UNIT AND SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
17990715 APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE Final Rejection SEMES CO., LTD.
17979149 DETECTING UNIT AND SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
17939174 APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
17895266 APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATES AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD OF HEATING ELEMENTS Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
17879780 SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
17834154 SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TREATING METHOD Final Rejection SEMES CO., LTD.
17780011 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A TRANSFORMER TO ACHIEVE UNIFORMITY IN PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE Final Rejection Lam Research Corporation
18168810 WAFER PLACEMENT TABLE Final Rejection NGK Insulators, Ltd.

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