Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SUN, YU-HSI DAVID

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2817 2895

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.7%
Allow Rate
+8.7% vs TC avg
872
Total Applications
+8.4%
Interview Lift
1011
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 845 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
25.5%
§102 Novelty
45.9%
§103 Obviousness
16.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18052252 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18559178 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGING MACHINE Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18482717 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18511078 Semiconductor Package Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18543734 GATE CUT STRUCTURE FOR TRANSISTORS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18488448 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18370459 LATERAL BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LTD
18150385 INTEGRATED CHIP INCLUDING A CAPACITOR ARRAY Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18496674 IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18187599 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS STACKED IN STAGGERED MANNER Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
18482954 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18449502 SELECTIVE WIRE COATING DURING WIRE BONDING Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18359645 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE SPACER Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18355111 NAND DIE WITH WIRE-BOND INDUCTIVE COMPENSATION FOR ALTERED BOND WIRE BANDWIDTH IN MEMORY DEVICES Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18496656 HYBRID SUBSTRATES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
18190460 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
18217044 Semiconductor Package or a Printed Circuit Board, Both Modified to One or More of Reduce, Inverse or Utilize Magnetic Coupling Caused by the Load Current of a Semiconductor Transistor Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies Austria AG
17860392 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH FIXING FEATURE ON WHICH BONDING WIRE IS DISPOSED Final Rejection NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18488284 Direct Bonded Semiconductor Die Package Non-Final OA Wolfspeed, Inc.
18312552 CHIP PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Xintec Inc.

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