Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, SAMUEL JONATHAN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2817 2897

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.0%
Allow Rate
+15.0% vs TC avg
60
Total Applications
+5.4%
Interview Lift
1282
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 47 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
32.8%
§102 Novelty
58.2%
§103 Obviousness
8.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18757829 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES INCLUDING STACKED GATE STRUCTURES WITH DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18667445 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18648683 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17979131 NANOWIRE ARRAY STRUCTURES FOR INTEGRATION, PRODUCTS INCORPORATING THE STRUCTURES, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF Final Rejection Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
18119491 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18120904 REFLECTIVE INORGANIC THIN FILM FOR HIGH-DENSITY PANEL-SCALE RE-DISTRIBUTION LAYER (RDL) Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17507010 DIELECTRIC LAYER SEPARATING A METAL PAD OF A THROUGH GLASS VIA FROM A SURFACE OF THE GLASS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18593364 Treating the Dielectric Films Under the Bottoms of Source/Drain Regions Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18626029 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH FLOATING METAL PORTION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
18754628 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED ENCLOSURE Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
17657323 ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Analog Devices, Inc.

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