Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, BRADLEY

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2817 2891 2894

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.6%
Allow Rate
+11.6% vs TC avg
910
Total Applications
-3.1%
Interview Lift
923
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 873 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
25.5%
§102 Novelty
42.6%
§103 Obviousness
24.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18387933 IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17741847 VARIABLE RESISTANCE MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18248817 NITRIDE BASED ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODE WITH AN ULTRAVIOLET TRANSPARENT CONTACT Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18024544 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17739776 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18246125 TRANSFER SUBSTRATE USED IN MANUFACTURE OF DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18554244 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18304626 PROCESS FOR THIN ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION Non-Final OA APPLIED Materials, Inc.
17696447 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING FOR GaN GROWTH Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17752577 Isolation Features For Semiconductor Devices And Methods Of Fabricating The Same Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18124132 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) STRUCTURES FOR A MICROLED DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ARRAY OF LED STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18159774 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT Final Rejection ROHM Co., LTD.
18554725 METHOD FOR PREPARING A GERMANIUM SUBSTRATE AND GERMANIUM SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE FOR EPITAXIAL GROWTH OF A GERMANIUM LAYER Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18030003 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
17879834 Method For Fabricating (LED) Dice Using Laser Lift-Off From A Substrate To A Receiving Plate Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18554309 HETERO-JUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18446271 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER SUPPORT STRUCTURE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
17884980 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
18384138 BURIED INTERCONNECT TRAVERSING TRENCH ISOLATION Non-Final OA GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
18174192 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Final Rejection XIAMEN SAN'AN OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18252347 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Final Rejection ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
18462798 MICRO LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, MICRO LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICRO LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
18009655 LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE EPITAXIAL WAFER, GROWTH METHOD THEREFOR, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE CHIP Non-Final OA HC SEMITEK (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.

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