Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ZARNEKE, DAVID A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2891

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.9%
Allow Rate
+2.9% vs TC avg
844
Total Applications
+10.6%
Interview Lift
1018
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 808 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
3.8%
§102 Novelty
84.9%
§103 Obviousness
1.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18451197 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18280978 FUNCTIONAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
17992818 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECT LEVEL COMPRISING MULTI-HEIGHT LINES & SELF-ALIGNED VIAS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17988051 BUMPLESS HYBRID ORGANIC GLASS INTERPOSER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17833650 GLASS CORE ARCHITECTURES WITH DIELECTRIC BUFFER LAYER BETWEEN GLASS CORE AND METAL VIAS AND PADS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
19214066 COWOS IC STRUCTURE WITH EDGE-PAD SEMICONDUCTOR DIE Non-Final OA ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18177404 DOUBLE-SIDED REDISTRIBUTION LAYER (RDL) SUBSTRATE WITH DOUBLE-SIDED PILLARS FOR DEVICE INTEGRATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18177005 INTEGRATED DEVICE COMPRISING ELONGATED PADS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18347313 Liquid Immersion-Cooled Power Module Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
17985894 LAMINATION OF A LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LOW-DENSITY SET OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Lumileds LLC
18166551 MODULE Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18504158 BONDING TOOL AND CHIP-ON-WAFER BONDING PROCESS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18451263 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18448125 DIAGONAL VIA STRUCTURE Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18366112 MEMORY, FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF AND MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18090459 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Industrial Technology Research Institute
18329845 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA NEXPERIA B.V.
18222776 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING PCB EDGE HEAT DISSIPATION Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18137514 POWER AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA KMW INC.
18515364 CHIPLETS WITH CONNECTION POSTS Final Rejection X Display Company Technology Limited
18244315 SYSTEM-LEVEL FAN-OUT PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection SJ Semiconductor(Jiangyin) Corporation
18340607 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE INTERPOSER, A DEVICE IMPLEMENTING A THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE INTERPOSER, AND PROCESSES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME Non-Final OA MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, LLC
17455243 DIAMOND-BASED THERMAL COOLING DEVICES METHODS AND MATERIALS Final Rejection SHARFI, BENJAMIN K.

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