Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: TRAN, BINH X

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1713 1716 1781 1792 2813

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.6%
Allow Rate
+13.6% vs TC avg
958
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
1024
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 927 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
20.5%
§102 Novelty
40.5%
§103 Obviousness
30.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18627835 PRODUCING GRATINGS IN OPTICAL SUBSTRATES USING NEUTRALIZED ION BEAM ETCHING Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18939793 MASK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18603578 TREATMENT LIQUID FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHOD OF TREATING OBJECT TO BE TREATED Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18147636 ION BEAM LITHOGRAPHY AND NANOENGINEERING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18727238 LASER MICROMACHINING OF MEMS RESONATORS FROM BULK OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT MATERIAL Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18743610 IN-SITU ETCHING OF GALLIUM OXIDE WITH METAL ORGANIC GALLIUM PRECURSORS Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
18919172 PROCESSING METHODS TO IMPROVE ETCHED SILICON-AND-GERMANIUM-CONTAINING MATERIAL SURFACE PROPERTIES Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18805790 SELECTIVE ETCHING OF SILICON-CONTAINING MATERIAL Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18603360 SELECTIVE OXIDATION PROCESSES FOR GATE-ALL-AROUND TRANSISTORS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18379102 DESIGN, CONTROL, AND OPTIMIZATION OF PHOTOSENSITIVITY MODULATION ALONG PHOTORESIST FILM DEPTH Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18212672 ADJUSTABLE EDGE RING TILT FOR EDGE OF WAFER SKEW COMPENSATION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18441719 PROTECTION STRUCTURE FOR LINER REMOVAL Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18395788 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18482401 SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18368110 ETCHING METHOD AND ETCHING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18466613 TUNABLE PATTERNED SURFACE UNIFORMITY USING DIRECT CURRENT BIAS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18813036 METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18697669 PATTERNING METHODS FOR PHOTONIC DEVICES Final Rejection PSIQUANTUM CORP.

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