Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2871 2899

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.5%
Allow Rate
+19.5% vs TC avg
100
Total Applications
+15.4%
Interview Lift
1138
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 56 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
10.1%
§102 Novelty
82.8%
§103 Obviousness
4.0%
§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
18162144 PACKAGED ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18513504 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
17707157 GLASS BRIDGE FOR CONNECTING DIES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17557134 TRANSFORMERS BASED ON BURIED POWER RAIL TECHNOLOGY Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18497637 PASSIVE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ON A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
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
18499570 IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18090708 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE DESIGN WITH INTEGRATED POWER CONVERTER MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA 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.
17987090 MODULE PACKAGE WITH COAXIAL LEAD ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Qorvo US, Inc.
18150406 COOLED POWER MODULE Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
18187924 HIGH-PERFORMANCE STRESS BUFFER DIE-COAT AND DEVICES AND PROCESSES IMPLEMENTING THE SAME Non-Final OA WOLFSPEED, INC.
17879585 CHIP ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR FORMING A SINTERED CONTACT CONNECTION Non-Final OA PAC TECH - PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
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
18074512 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING NEGATIVE PATTERNED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA JMJ Korea Co., Ltd.

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