Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: TRAN, TONY

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2811 2821 2893 2894

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.3%
Allow Rate
+2.3% vs TC avg
919
Total Applications
+34.0%
Interview Lift
1009
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 858 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.3%
§102 Novelty
82.7%
§103 Obviousness
0.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18184561 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18004664 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18014012 DISPLAY DEVICE USING MICRO LED Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18093713 VIA STRUCTURE WITHOUT LINER INTERFACE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17536269 BEOL TOP VIA WIRINGS WITH DUAL DAMASCENE VIA AND SUPER VIA REDUNDANCY Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17699031 MICROELECTRONIC STRUCTURE INCLUDING CONDUCTIVE POLYMER IN TRENCHES OF A CORE SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18397967 METHODS OF FORMING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND RELATED MEMORY DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17823472 METHODS OF FORMING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND RELATED MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES, MEMORY DEVICES, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17893718 FOLDED STAIRCASE VIA ROUTING FOR MEMORY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18099771 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INTERCONNECTING METAL LAYER THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18027722 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18090440 3D NAND MEMORY DEVICE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18186264 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Kokusai Electric Corporation
17730765 MACROCHIP WITH INTERCONNECT STACK FOR POWER DELIVERY AND SIGNAL ROUTING Final Rejection Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
17999255 LOW RESISTIVITY CONTACTS AND INTERCONNECTS Final Rejection Lam Research Corporation
18924884 CONFIGURABLE CAPACITOR Non-Final OA Empower Semiconductor, Inc.
18648334 ELECTRODE CONNECTION ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA JUSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
17899296 METHOD FOR FORMING GRAPHENE BARRIER LAYER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CONTACT STRUCTURE FORMED BY THE SAME Final Rejection WONIK IPS CO., LTD.
18255811 HIGH-DENSITY THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH INTERCONNECTION OF LOW RESISTANCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA CHENGDU PBM TECHNOLOGY LTD.

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