Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WARD, DAVID WILLIAM

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2891

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.3%
Allow Rate
-8.7% vs TC avg
121
Total Applications
+38.8%
Interview Lift
1337
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 59 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
57.3%
§103 Obviousness
25.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17853867 CONNECTION SCHEME WITH BACKSIDE POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18082026 Display Apparatus Having Color Filters Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18072333 DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection LG Display Co., Ltd.
18060505 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
17949698 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
17942202 BOTTOM EMISSION TYPE ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY Non-Final OA LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
17940794 DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING A LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
17800254 DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VEHICLE Final Rejection BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17630666 DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18391307 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) WITH CORRUGATED CHANNEL STRUCTURES HAVING VERTICALLY SEPARATED SOURCE AND BODY CONTACT REGIONS Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
17577133 FIELD PLATING AT SOURCE SIDE OF GATE BIAS MOSFETS TO PREVENT VT SHIFT Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
17876788 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
17874556 SEALING STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17572113 DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
17732484 ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18390993 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THREE PART SYSTEM ON CHIP MEMORY STACKING Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17820580 SRAM WITH STAGGERED STACKED FET Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17540389 UNIFORMLY PATTERNED TWO-TERMINAL DEVICES Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17455226 EMBEDDED MAGNETORESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY TOP ELECTRODE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18351784 QUASI FIELD-PLATE STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17816208 LIGHT-EMITTING PACKAGE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
17726705 Metal Interconnects And Method Of Forming The Same Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17620643 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
17830192 DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MASK Final Rejection Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
18456855 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE Final Rejection Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
18220869 INVERTER Final Rejection HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
17840362 Molding Structures for Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17663278 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17742943 Transistor Isolation Regions and Methods of Forming the Same Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18505364 DIE IN DIE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA NXP B.V.

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