Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WARD, DAVID WILLIAM

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2891

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.9%
Allow Rate
-6.1% vs TC avg
128
Total Applications
+39.8%
Interview Lift
1317
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 63 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
6.0%
§102 Novelty
93.2%
§103 Obviousness
0.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18390782 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17853867 CONNECTION SCHEME WITH BACKSIDE POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18082026 Display Apparatus Having Color Filters Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18060505 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
17940794 DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING A LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
17884449 Display Apparatus Having an Oxide Semiconductor Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
17874763 Display Device and Method for Manufacturing Cushion Plate Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18391307 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) WITH CORRUGATED CHANNEL STRUCTURES HAVING VERTICALLY SEPARATED SOURCE AND BODY CONTACT REGIONS Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
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.
17876788 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
17874556 SEALING STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17870350 TILED DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18522013 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18262726 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17910221 DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
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
17540389 UNIFORMLY PATTERNED TWO-TERMINAL DEVICES Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18129687 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., LTD. Shanghai Branch
17830192 DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MASK Final Rejection Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
18351784 QUASI FIELD-PLATE STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17726705 Metal Interconnects And Method Of Forming The Same Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18209977 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING HEAT SHIELD Final Rejection Analog Devices, Inc.
18538860 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE, FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF, AND MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17840362 Molding Structures for Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18505364 DIE IN DIE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
18506067 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE WITH RAISED LID ATTACH AREA Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
17807922 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA XIAMEN SAN'AN OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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