Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TRAN, TONY

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2821 2893 2894

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.2%
Allow Rate
+2.2% vs TC avg
911
Total Applications
+34.0%
Interview Lift
1086
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 850 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
35.2%
§102 Novelty
59.0%
§103 Obviousness
3.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18184561 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18183819 PIXEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
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
18074551 ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA Sharp Display Technology Corporation
18150617 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING LOW DIELECTRIC CAPACITANCE AND GOOD ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN PERFORMANCE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17815884 WAVY-SHAPED EPITAXIAL SOURCE/DRAIN STRUCTURES Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18187995 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA InnoLux Corporation
17699031 MICROELECTRONIC STRUCTURE INCLUDING CONDUCTIVE POLYMER IN TRENCHES OF A CORE SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18504901 METHODS OF FORMING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING STAIR STEP STRUCTURES Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
17893718 FOLDED STAIRCASE VIA ROUTING FOR MEMORY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18102641 PROCESS FOR SELECTIVELY DEPOSITING HIGHLY-CONDUCTIVE METAL FILMS Final Rejection ENTEGRIS, INC.
18530418 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA KIOXIA CORPORATION
18027722 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18093472 LOW RESISTANCE BOTTOM ELECTRODE VIA Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
17707619 SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP INCLUDING ALIGN MARK PROTECTION PATTERN AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP INCLUDING THE ALIGN MARK PROTECTION PATTERN Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
18090440 3D NAND MEMORY DEVICE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection 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.
17451596 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.
18530272 Integrated transformer Non-Final OA REAL TEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
17899296 METHOD FOR FORMING GRAPHENE BARRIER LAYER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CONTACT STRUCTURE FORMED BY THE SAME Final Rejection WONIK IPS CO., LTD.

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