Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WINTERS, SEAN AYERS

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2892

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.9%
Allow Rate
+19.9% vs TC avg
198
Total Applications
+21.8%
Interview Lift
1227
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 124 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
14.5%
§102 Novelty
83.9%
§103 Obviousness
1.0%
§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.
18318123 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18127967 DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING INSULATION LAYER WITH VARYING THICKNESS Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18035159 SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING SIDEWALL BARRIER LAYERS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
17109980 OPTICAL SENSOR PACKAGES WITH GLASS MEMBERS Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18580905 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18526013 DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18186771 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18523903 TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA AUO Corporation
18216138 Gapfill Process Using Pulsed High-Frequency Radio-Frequency (HFRF) Plasma Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc
18539599 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18534714 DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA Magnolia White Corporation
17887154 MULTI-PORTED REGISTER FILE WITH CFETS Final Rejection Intel 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.
18395841 IMAGE SENSORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, 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.
17479203 A DUAL-DAMASCENE PROCESS FOR FORMING AN INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17706958 BILAYER DIELECTRIC STACK FOR A FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTION AND METHOD OF FORMING Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18480787 2-D MATERIAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SOURCE/DRAIN ELECTRODES AND GATE DIELECTRIC Non-Final OA NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
17738169 TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE HAVING REDUCED CONTACT RESISTANCE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
17955622 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH ACTIVE REGION PATTERN Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18556537 METHOD FOR FORMING A MATRIX OF LED ELEMENTS OF DIFFERENT COLOURS Non-Final OA Epinovatech AB
18335642 SELECTIVE WET CHANNELS FOR WATER DRAINAGE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
17788967 RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES WITH ISOLATION STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
17656373 Method of Manufacturing Component Carriers With Removable Plate in Core Final Rejection AT&S (Chongqing) Company Limited

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