Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WELLINGTON, ANDREA L

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2627 2800 2811 2812 2817 2818 2825 2827 2833 2834

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.3%
Allow Rate
-12.7% vs TC avg
812
Total Applications
+9.1%
Interview Lift
869
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 358 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
28.8%
§102 Novelty
43.9%
§103 Obviousness
18.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18762255 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18226534 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18585629 PROCESS FOR THIN FILM CAPACITOR INTEGRATION Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18250905 INDUCTOR Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18005030 PHOTODETECTOR AND CAMERA SYSTEM Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18306063 Electronic Devices with Multi-Substrate Stacked Patch Antennas Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17713350 COATINGS WITH DIFFUSION BARRIERS FOR CORROSION AND CONTAMINATION PROTECTION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
17796013 A COIL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF TERMINATING A COIL TO A CIRCUIT BOARD Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
17937764 TRENCH STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18625877 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18345988 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DIELECTRIC GATE ISOLATION SECTION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17558437 EMBEDDED MEMORY WITH FERROELECTRIC CAPACITORS & INDEPENDENT TOP PLATE LINES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18033110 WOUND CORE Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
17971177 COIL COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection TDK Corporation
17969223 MULTILAYER COIL COMPONENT Final Rejection TDK CORPORATION
18560066 DYNAMIC THRESHOLD VOLTAGE CONTROL OF POWER AMPLIFIERS Non-Final OA Analog Devices, Inc.
18566514 FLUX-MODULATED MACHINE Non-Final OA NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
18435628 UNIFORM ELECTROCHEMICAL PLATING OF METAL ONTO ARRAYS OF PILLARS HAVING DIFFERENT LATERAL DENSITIES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY Non-Final OA Lodestar Licensing Group LLC
18348967 Cut Metal Gate Refill With Buffer Layer Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18035547 TRIM SQUARE WITH POSITIONABLE BASE Final Rejection Apex Brands, Inc.
17938670 MAGNETIC COMPONENT WITH A FRINGING FIELD SHIELDING DEVICE Final Rejection Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Co., Ltd.
18449394 SEMICONDUCTOR STACK STRUCTURE Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17935610 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Final Rejection CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18520824 MAGNET-LESS AND BRUSH-LESS ROTATING TRANSFORMER EXCITED SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE AND METHOD OF ITS CONTROL Non-Final OA Volektra Inc.

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