Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WINTERS, SEAN AYERS

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2892

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.6%
Allow Rate
+18.6% vs TC avg
192
Total Applications
+24.7%
Interview Lift
1256
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 112 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
30.6%
§102 Novelty
58.8%
§103 Obviousness
9.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18511396 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18381908 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18219396 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17768182 METHOD TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF ALUMINUM-CONTAINING AND GALLIUM-CONTAINING LIGHT- EMITTING DEVICES USING SIDEWALL SURFACE TREATMENTS AND SIDEWALL PASSIVATION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18534971 LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd
18127967 DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING INSULATION LAYER WITH VARYING THICKNESS Final Rejection LG Display Co., Ltd.
18580905 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17958205 TRENCH SHIELDED TRANSISTOR Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
17109980 OPTICAL SENSOR PACKAGES WITH GLASS MEMBERS Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18539529 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18526013 DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18513697 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18186771 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18322203 POWER CONVERSION DEVICE Final Rejection FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18391503 HIGH-PRECISION IN-SITU VERIFICATION AND CORRECTION OF WAFER POSITION AND ORIENTATION FOR ION IMPLANT Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18216138 Gapfill Process Using Pulsed High-Frequency Radio-Frequency (HFRF) Plasma Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc
18523903 TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA AUO Corporation
18130684 ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18446733 Spacer Structures for Nano-Sheet-Based Devices Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17886921 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH STACKED DIELECTRIC DUMMY FIN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18534714 DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA Magnolia White Corporation
17485232 COMPLEX FIELD-SHAPING BY FINE VARIATION OF LOCAL MATERIAL DENSITY OR PROPERTIES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18498053 THIN FILM TRANSISTORS AND ARRAY SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
17996125 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE THAT INCLUDES AN ENCAPSULATING STRUCTURE, A CAVITY, A PERIPHERAL WALL MADE OF A MINERAL MATERIAL, AND REINFIRCING PILLARS Final Rejection COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18539599 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
17706958 BILAYER DIELECTRIC STACK FOR A FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTION AND METHOD OF FORMING Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18679757 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING A STEPPED STRUCTURE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18539647 BONDING STRUCTURE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18480787 2-D MATERIAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SOURCE/DRAIN ELECTRODES AND GATE DIELECTRIC Non-Final OA NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
18450109 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Socionext Inc.

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