Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2812 2817

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.0%
Allow Rate
+2.0% vs TC avg
97
Total Applications
+50.0%
Interview Lift
1336
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 30 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
7.0%
§102 Novelty
93.0%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17730739 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17670912 LAYER STRUCTURE INCLUDING METAL LAYER AND CARBON LAYER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LAYER STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE LAYER STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18246452 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17996774 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, POWER CONVERTER, MOVING VEHICLE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18076539 DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17707294 PAD STRUCTURE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18555553 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18530291 FRAME STRUCTURES IN SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18080715 MULTI-LAYER CHIP ARCHITECTURE AND FABRICATION Final Rejection Google LLC
18228261 STACKED FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18061495 VIA AND SOURCE/DRAIN CONTACT LANDING UNDER POWER RAIL Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17963281 SKIP VIA WITH LATERAL LINE CONNECTION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17664671 ANGLED CONTACT WITH A NEGATIVE TAPERED PROFILE Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18555342 METHODS AND APPLICATIONS OF NOVEL AMORPHOUS HIGH-K METAL-OXIDE DIELECTRICS BY SUPER-CYCLE ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
17975654 LIQUID METAL SHIELD FOR FINE PITCH INTERCONNECTS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18050527 PACKAGE EDGE PASSIVE COMPONENT ARRAY FOR IMPROVED POWER INTEGRITY Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17848630 HYPER DENSITY PACKAGE SUBSTRATE AND MEMORY COUPLED TO A MODIFIED SEMI-ADDITIVE PROCESS BOARD Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18236425 ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL Final Rejection SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18389512 POWER MODULE Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
17887487 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17838253 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17964034 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
17730587 STACK PACKAGES INCLUDING BONDING WIRE INTERCONNECTIONS Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
17915534 Articles Including Nanostructured Surfaces and Enclosed Voids Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
17658031 CUTTING METHOD OF WAFER Non-Final OA DISCO CORPORATION
18237059 THERMAL SPREADER Non-Final OA SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (dba Solidigm)
18465166 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TUNGSTEN LAYER Non-Final OA MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
18474201 OPTICAL PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA TONG HSING ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18464761 VERTICAL ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE DEVICES ON CRYSTALLINE METALLIC SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA University of South Carolina
17998451 METHOD OF GROWING SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES USING A CATALYST ALLOY Final Rejection ALIGNEDBIO AB

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