Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: XU, ZHIJUN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2818 2894

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.3%
Allow Rate
+10.3% vs TC avg
102
Total Applications
+11.8%
Interview Lift
1299
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 60 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
5.2%
§102 Novelty
90.9%
§103 Obviousness
2.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18502903 IMAGE SENSORS HAVING IMPROVED OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS USING ENHANCED ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OF SPACED-APART FLOATING DIFFUSION REGIONS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18163573 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17388727 DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LIGHT BLOCKING LAYER THAT OVERLAPS AN EMISSION LAYER Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18016220 DISPLAY DEVICE USING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17455937 REDUCED PARASITIC RESISTANCE TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIAL FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17891666 DIE CRACK MITIGATION IN MULTI-CHIP COMPOSITE IC STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17550861 STACKED TRANSISTORS WITH REMOVED EPI BARRIER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
16912136 GATE-ALL-AROUND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURES HAVING STRAINED SOURCE OR DRAIN STRUCTURES ON GATE DIELECTRIC LAYER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17301915 ELECTRONIC DEVICES COMPRISING BLOCKS WITH DIFFERENT MEMORY CELLS, AND RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17621682 METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF MICROWIRES OR NANOWIRES Final Rejection Aledia
17835180 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE HAVING A COLUMNAR PART PROVIDED IN A MULTI-LAYER BODY AND AN INTERCONNECTION REGION THEREOF Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
17682810 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING WIRING WITH REDUCED SCATTERING OF FREE ELECTRONS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
17809099 HIGH-VOLTAGE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMATION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17847450 IMAGE SENSOR GATE STRUCTURE AND DOPING PROFILE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18177318 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18457337 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18446918 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD WITH WORK FUNCTION TUNING LAYERS Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17920479 Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
17865355 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMBEDDING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS IN SUBSTRATES Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18447544 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
17891618 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17994412 PROCESSING METHOD OF PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection PlayNitride Display Co., Ltd.
17591002 METHOD FOR FORMING BISMUTH DOPED SEMI-CONDUCTOR OR CONDUCTIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection National University Corporation Kyoto Institute of Technology

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