Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SIPLING, KENNETH MARK

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2818

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.8%
Allow Rate
+9.8% vs TC avg
51
Total Applications
+5.0%
Interview Lift
1321
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 9 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
19.3%
§102 Novelty
65.2%
§103 Obviousness
14.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18659091 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18738674 Display Device Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18533587 ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18449988 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
17940194 EPITAXIAL REGIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN INNER GATE SPACERS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18588629 THIN FILM CAPACITOR Non-Final OA TDK Corporation
17815500 HIGH-PERFORMANCE HYBRID BONDED INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18548433 WAFER ALIGNMENT STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Tesla, Inc.
18321433 THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18360486 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18355999 STRUCTURE AND FORMATION METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18221985 TRANSISTORS WITH IMPROVED THERMAL STABILITY Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LTD
18209655 INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18100714 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18118017 HYDROGEN PLASMA TREATMENT FOR FORMING LOGIC DEVICES Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18261898 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE WITH CHIPS, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18342821 NANOSHEET HEIGHT CONTROL WITH DENSE OXIDE SHALLOW TRENCH ISOLATION Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18338383 FORK SHEET DEVICE Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18335691 FUNNELED SOURCE/DRAIN INTERFACIAL REGION Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18066671 STRUCTURE AND METHOD TO FORM VIA TO BACKSIDE POWER RAIL WITHOUT SHORTING TO GATE TIP Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17457444 TOP VIA WITH PROTECTIVE LINER Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18645928 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
17040506 A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WAFER HAVING CRACK-STOPPING THROUGH-SILICON-VIAS, A WAFER HAVING CRACK-STOPPING THROUGH-SILICON-VIAS, AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA ChangXin Memory Technologies, Inc.
18157079 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE, PACKAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Final Rejection CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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