Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2821 2893

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.8%
Allow Rate
+2.8% vs TC avg
792
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
1104
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 743 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
26.6%
§102 Novelty
68.7%
§103 Obviousness
3.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18483331 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS OF THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18450836 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18138339 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18020494 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18552067 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18497089 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18533509 ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18178902 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
17752586 PIXEL WITH DIFFRACTIVE SCATTERING GRATING AND HIGH COLOR RESOLUTION ASSIGNING SIGNAL PROCESSING Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18091968 BACKSIDE-CONNECTING VIA WITH NANOSHEET SPACERS FOR TRANSISTORS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18232580 MEMORY DEVICES WITH PARTIALLY MISALIGNED GAP LOCATIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18089491 LIQUID METAL WELLS FOR INTERCONNECT ARCHITECTURES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18080907 GALLIUM NITRIDE (GAN) WITH INTERLAYERS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18071257 SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER (SMP) GLASS CORE PACKAGE FOR MODULATING WARPAGE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17356023 SIGNAL AND GROUND VIAS IN A GLASS CORE TO CONTROL IMPEDANCE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17826776 MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING CONTACT STRUCTURES HAVING MULTI-LAYER DIELECTRIC LINER Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18454185 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
18381269 SUBSTRATE STAGE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18229471 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, POWER ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18390460 OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
17339764 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WAFER UNIFORMITY Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18519056 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FLIP CHIP LASER BONDING Non-Final OA PROTEC CO., LTD.
18036938 WAVELENGTH-CONVERTING NEAR-INFRARED OPTICAL RECEIVER AND METHOD Non-Final OA KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17989775 HYBRID BONDING OF A THIN SEMICONDUCTOR DIE Final Rejection ASMPT Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18450435 STACKED CHIP AND FABRICATION METHOD OF STACKED CHIP Final Rejection Tokyo Institute of Technology
18169826 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WAFER BONDING ALIGNMENT Final Rejection CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18581213 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd.
18270663 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection TCL TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATION
17948453 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT Final Rejection NIKKISO CO., LTD.
18533720 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH EFFICIENT HEAT-REMOVAL STRUCTURES ACROSS THE CHIP AND MONOLITHIC FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Invention and Collaboration Laboratory, Inc.

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