Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2897

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.2%
Allow Rate
+4.2% vs TC avg
91
Total Applications
-1.3%
Interview Lift
1278
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 36 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
22.6%
§102 Novelty
56.0%
§103 Obviousness
17.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18363637 COMMON OUTPUT IN 3D STACK FET Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17588306 FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18670578 Display Device Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18634685 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18517068 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18091548 GLASS SUBSTRATE FABRICATION USING HYBRID BONDING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17556520 CONDUCTIVE FEATURES FORMED USING METAL ASSISTED ETCH Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17406480 SELF-ALIGNED GATE CUT STRUCTURES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18739536 3D NAND MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18148805 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREOF, MEMORY SYSTEMS Final Rejection Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18106499 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING A THICK LOGIC DIE Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18352175 EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE SURFACES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL GROWTH AND IMPROVED SMOOTH SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACES FOR HIGHER CHANNEL MOBILITY THROUGH THE FORMATION AND REMOVAL OF REACTIVE LAYERS Final Rejection California Institute of Technology
17893436 Memory Circuitry And Method Used In Forming Memory Circuitry Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
17882416 BONDED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18492359 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES AND METHODS WITH REDUCED PLASMA INDUCED DAMAGE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17819987 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17874057 METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH HARD MASK LAYER OVER FIN STRUCTURE Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17869205 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18798750 MICRO LED PIXEL AND MICRO LED ARRAY PANEL Non-Final OA JADE BIRD DISPLAY (SHANGHAI) LIMITED
18247490 HEATING ELEMENT COOLING STRUCTURE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE Non-Final OA HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
18462242 CHANNEL UNIFORMITY HORIZONTAL GATE ALL AROUND DEVICE Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18141557 SELF-ALIGNED VERTICAL BITLINE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DYNAMIC RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY (DRAM) DEVICES Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18306187 METHOD OF METROLOGY ON PATTERN WAFER USING REFLECTOMETRY Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17930541 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18084908 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING CRYSTALLINE SILICON FILM Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18227911 SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
18221497 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING VERTICALLY INTERCONNECTED SEMICONDUCTOR DIES Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18670500 HEMT POWER DEVICE WITH REDUCED GATE OSCILLATION AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
17970336 COOLING OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
18061130 STEP INTERCONNECT METALLIZATION TO ENABLE PANEL LEVEL PACKAGING Non-Final OA NEXPERIA B.V.

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