Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: XU, ZHIJUN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2818 2894

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.8%
Allow Rate
+8.8% vs TC avg
99
Total Applications
+12.9%
Interview Lift
1263
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 56 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
16.6%
§102 Novelty
67.5%
§103 Obviousness
12.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18163573 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17352139 N-POLAR III-N SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES WITH WET ETCHING Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17883181 DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Display 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
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.
17825698 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH REDUCED EFFECT OF CAPACITIVE COUPLING Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17903856 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING GLASS INTERPOSER STRUCTURE WITH SELF-ALIGNED THROUGH GLASS VIAS Non-Final OA Intel 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
18177318 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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
17964557 SPACE-FREE VERTICAL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR INCLUDING ACTIVE LAYER HAVING VERTICALLY GROWN CRYSTAL GRAINS Final Rejection Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
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
18457337 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18151761 METHOD OF FORMING A NANO-FET SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA 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
18152202 MEMORY STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF 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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