Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: WIEGAND, TYLER J

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2812

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.7%
Allow Rate
+6.7% vs TC avg
131
Total Applications
+9.8%
Interview Lift
1260
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 99 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
32.2%
§102 Novelty
41.5%
§103 Obviousness
24.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18422660 3-DIMENSIONAL (3D) FERROELECTRIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (FeRAM) AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18400128 ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18221146 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18133278 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18408137 Plug Regrowth for Micro LED Uniformity and Efficiency Improvement Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18305391 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Magnolia White Corporation
18193154 DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18491603 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE AND FORMATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18580265 DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18453965 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18434610 THIN WAFER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE THIN WAFER, STACK TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE THIN WAFER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE STACK TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
18323413 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18589820 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGE WITH INTEGRAL HEAT SLUG AND ISOLATION Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18779390 METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN AND FABRICATION Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18440926 HYBRID BOND FEATURES IN PROGRAMMABLE CIRCUITS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18530641 BURIED METAL JUMPER STRUCTURE FOR BEOL Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18282556 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18310693 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Winbond Electronics Corp.
18486370 METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTING A BURIED WIRING LINE AND A SOURCE/DRAIN BODY Final Rejection IMEC VZW
17777873 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
18451565 MEMORY STRUCTURE, SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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