Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TRAPANESE, WILLIAM C

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2171 2812 2826

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.5%
Allow Rate
+8.5% vs TC avg
656
Total Applications
+21.4%
Interview Lift
1197
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 626 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.8%
§101 Eligibility
24.2%
§102 Novelty
54.6%
§103 Obviousness
3.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18522244 HEAT RADIATING MEMBER AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE Non-Final OA NIDEC CORPORATION
18495467 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18544689 STACKED FET WITH A ROBUST CONTACT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17856620 CAPPING SOURCE AND DRAIN REGIONS OF TRANSISTORS TO PREVENT DIFFUSION OF DOPANTS DURING FABRICATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18194509 DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY PANEL Non-Final OA WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18476591 DIE STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18535715 MATERIAL LAYER DEPOSITION METHODS, MATERIAL LAYER STACKS, SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS, AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18507528 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
18506375 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DELAMINATION Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18388386 DIODE LAYER STACK FLIP-CHIP MOUNTED TO A LEADFRAME BY USE OF A COPPER NICKEL TIN METALLIZATION STACK AND DIFFUSION SOLDERING Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies Austria AG
18304414 SiC MOSFET POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA DB HiTek Co., Ltd.
18531805 Semiconductor Package Non-Final OA DUKSAN HI METAL CO., LTD.
18518457 APPARATUS FOR BONDING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, METHOD FOR BONDING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY Non-Final OA Stroke Precision Advanced Engineering Co., Ltd.
18509292 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA Phononics Ltd
18554858 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA XIAMEN SILAN ADVANCED COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.

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