Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2897

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.0%
Allow Rate
-3.0% vs TC avg
85
Total Applications
-4.2%
Interview Lift
1185
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 20 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
57.6%
§103 Obviousness
16.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18363637 COMMON OUTPUT IN 3D STACK FET Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18076639 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18051907 MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17884695 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17868401 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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 Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
17588306 FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18248734 Method for Manufacturing Die Final Rejection Honor Device Co., Ltd.
18517068 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18462242 CHANNEL UNIFORMITY HORIZONTAL GATE ALL AROUND DEVICE Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18141557 SELF-ALIGNED VERTICAL BITLINE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DYNAMIC RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY (DRAM) DEVICES Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18306187 METHOD OF METROLOGY ON PATTERN WAFER USING REFLECTOMETRY Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18227911 SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
18072858 Gate All Around Dual Channel Transistors Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18165772 Thermal Dissipation Structures and Methods for Forming Same Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17819987 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17874057 METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH HARD MASK LAYER OVER FIN STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18091548 GLASS SUBSTRATE FABRICATION USING HYBRID BONDING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17406480 SELF-ALIGNED GATE CUT STRUCTURES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17893436 Memory Circuitry And Method Used In Forming Memory Circuitry Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18247490 HEATING ELEMENT COOLING STRUCTURE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
18393675 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18112384 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
17887071 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18221497 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING VERTICALLY INTERCONNECTED SEMICONDUCTOR DIES Final Rejection Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
17567984 THERMAL SENSOR PACKAGE Final Rejection LITE-ON SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
17970336 COOLING OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
18362761 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A SOURCE STRUCTURE SURROUNDED BY INNER SIDEWALLS OF VERTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR CHANNELS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
18465011 METHOD FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF SILICON EPITAXIAL LAYER Final Rejection Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
17846366 Method for Providing Different Patterns on a Single Substrate Final Rejection IMEC VZW

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