Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: TUROCY, DAVID P

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1715 1716 1717 1718 1759 1781 1792

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.9%
Allow Rate
-18.1% vs TC avg
978
Total Applications
+35.6%
Interview Lift
1297
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 904 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
14.9%
§102 Novelty
57.0%
§103 Obviousness
19.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18496021 EVAPORATION MASK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18096336 Customized Thin Film Optical Element Fabrication System and Method Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18736838 PULSE-MANAGED PLASMA METHOD FOR COATING ON INTERNAL SURFACES OF WORKPIECES Non-Final OA PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
18234937 DEPOSITION APPARATUS Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18991699 FIBERBOARD STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD, FIBERBOARD STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND FIBERBOARD STRUCTURE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18689523 Electrode Manufacturing Apparatus Non-Final OA LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
18273448 Manufacturing Apparatus Of Electrode For Secondary Battery Final Rejection LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
18925862 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPOSITING METAL PHOSPHIDE Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18494430 VAPOR PHASE PRECURSOR DELIVERY SYSTEM Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
18205766 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FLOWABLE GAP FILL Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
19017876 METHOD FOR ELECTROCATALYTIC REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE Non-Final OA KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
18401087 HYDROPHOBIC-ICEPHOBIC ORGANOSILANE COMPOSITIONS, COATINGS, AND METHODS Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18649125 COATING MACHINE Final Rejection ABB SCHWEIZ AG
18185161 ROBOT FOR COATING VEHICLE BODY Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
17516139 ADVANCED PRECURSORS FOR SELECTIVE ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION USING SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17132215 METHOD FOR METAL VAPOR INFILTRATION OF CMC PARTS AND ARTICLES CONTAINING THE SAME Non-Final OA RTX Corporation
18264649 METHOD OF PRODUCING A WATER REPELLENT COATING ONTO TEXTILE SUBSTRATES USING A PLASMA GENERATED BY HOLLOW CATHODES Non-Final OA AGC GLASS EUROPE
17847372 REVERSIBLE NOZZLE IN ULTRASONIC ATOMIZER FOR CLOG PREVENTION Non-Final OA Ford Motor Company
16606055 Nanowire-Mesh Templated Growth of Out-of-Plane Three-Dimensional Fuzzy Graphene Non-Final OA CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
18788717 DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH EM RADIATION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18188929 PRE-TREATMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17750145 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLASMA ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION WITH PROTECTIVE GRID Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
19175364 METHODS OF OPERATING A SPATIAL DEPOSITION TOOL Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18635639 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PATTERNING METHODS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18377316 METAL MASK STRUCTURE Final Rejection Darwin Precisions Corporation
18917538 FILM FORMING METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
17820962 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
17753886 GAS SUPPLY DEVICE AND GAS SUPPLY METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18932057 METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Kokusai Electric Corporation
18927145 METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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