Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2899

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.8%
Allow Rate
+19.8% vs TC avg
97
Total Applications
+12.2%
Interview Lift
1208
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 49 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
25.2%
§102 Novelty
50.9%
§103 Obviousness
21.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17773145 FLUID-INFUSED ENCAPSULATION OF WATER-SENSITIVE MATERIALS WITH REPLENISHABLE, MULTISCALE WATER REPELLENCY Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
17815460 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES WITH CAVITIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18317474 Reinforcement Structure and Electronic Device Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17816105 High-Speed Signal Transition Across Thick Package Cores Final Rejection Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
17707157 GLASS BRIDGE FOR CONNECTING DIES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17557134 TRANSFORMERS BASED ON BURIED POWER RAIL TECHNOLOGY Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17549497 INTERPOSER WITH A GLASS CORE THAT INCLUDES OPENINGS AND THROUGH GLASS VIAS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17549427 LIQUID METAL CONNECTION DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18186781 INTEGRATED REDISTRIBUTION LAYER INDUCTORS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18513504 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18465157 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18004643 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection ROHM CO., LTD.
18562502 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18509560 INTEGRATED NANOSHEET MEMORY ELEMENTS, DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18314469 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH TWO SUBSTRATES Final Rejection Juniper Networks, Inc.
17987090 MODULE PACKAGE WITH COAXIAL LEAD ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Qorvo US, Inc.
18499570 IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
17680607 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FILLING A GAP Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
18090708 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE DESIGN WITH INTEGRATED POWER CONVERTER MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17675633 METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Kokusai Electric Corporation
18125275 CHIP-ON-CHIP POWER CARD HAVING IMMERSION COOLING Final Rejection Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18187924 HIGH-PERFORMANCE STRESS BUFFER DIE-COAT AND DEVICES AND PROCESSES IMPLEMENTING THE SAME Final Rejection WOLFSPEED, INC.
17970532 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
17879585 CHIP ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR FORMING A SINTERED CONTACT CONNECTION Non-Final OA PAC TECH - PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
18074512 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING NEGATIVE PATTERNED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA JMJ Korea Co., Ltd.
18558365 ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Infovision Optoelectronic (Kunshan) Co., LTD.
18546467 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT SEALING LID Non-Final OA Tomoegawa Co., Ltd
18275275 SPECTRUM CHIP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND SPECTRUM ANALYSIS DEVICE Non-Final OA BEIJING SEETRUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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