Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: STEVENSON, ANDRE C

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2812 2816 2817 2899

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.7%
Allow Rate
+21.7% vs TC avg
895
Total Applications
+6.8%
Interview Lift
901
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 852 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
26.8%
§102 Novelty
57.8%
§103 Obviousness
8.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18564071 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18559674 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18551178 HERMETIC PACKAGE DEVICE AND DEVICE MODULE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18470162 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18550994 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18192557 METHODS TO IMPROVE QUALITY SILICON-CONTAINING MATERIALS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17994592 NH RADICAL THERMAL NITRIDATION TO FORM METAL SILICON NITRIDE FILMS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17954565 MOLECULAR LAYER DEPOSITION CARBON MASKS FOR DIRECT SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF SILICON-CONTAINING MATERIALS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17941347 FLUORINE-DOPED SILICON-CONTAINING MATERIALS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
17142641 DOPED SILICON NITRIDE FOR 3D NAND Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18488979 METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18463297 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17751363 MEMORY STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17560062 METAL INSULATOR METAL (MIM) CAPACITORS WITH PYROCHLORE-BASED INSULATORS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIE & PACKAGES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18271898 METHOD FOR FORMING SILICON-CONTAINING FILM AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
17865433 ETCHING METHOD, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
17648431 Atomic Layer Etching to Reduce Pattern Loading in High-K Dielectric Layer Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18228122 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18199018 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
17941278 METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
17881772 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
17746104 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING EMBEDDED MEMORY DIES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Final Rejection SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17905321 CONTROL OF WAFER BOW DURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROCESSING Non-Final OA Lam Research Corporation
18559491 METHOD FOR PROTECTING REACTIVE MATERIALS WITH ATOMICALLY THIN FILM Non-Final OA Cornell University
17966946 3D HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF Final Rejection BroadPak Corporation
18564057 INVERTER POWER MODULE Non-Final OA AMOSENSE CO., LTD.
17781407 POWER MODULE Non-Final OA Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH
18327536 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAPACITOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED

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