Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZARNEKE, DAVID A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2891

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.7%
Allow Rate
+2.7% vs TC avg
835
Total Applications
+10.8%
Interview Lift
999
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 801 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
24.5%
§102 Novelty
59.3%
§103 Obviousness
7.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18451197 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19214066 COWOS IC STRUCTURE WITH EDGE-PAD SEMICONDUCTOR DIE Final Rejection ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18280978 FUNCTIONAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18347313 Liquid Immersion-Cooled Power Module Final Rejection Kia Corporation
17843365 CHIP STRUCTURE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18451263 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18448125 DIAGONAL VIA STRUCTURE Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17988051 BUMPLESS HYBRID ORGANIC GLASS INTERPOSER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17833648 GLASS CORE ARCHITECTURES WITH DIELECTRIC BUFFER LAYER BETWEEN GLASS CORE AND METAL VIAS AND PADS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17833650 GLASS CORE ARCHITECTURES WITH DIELECTRIC BUFFER LAYER BETWEEN GLASS CORE AND METAL VIAS AND PADS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17561726 SINGLE LAYER AND MULTILAYER MAGNETIC INDUCTORS BETWEEN SUBSTRATE CORES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
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
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.
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.
18515364 CHIPLETS WITH CONNECTION POSTS Final Rejection X Display Company Technology Limited
18244315 SYSTEM-LEVEL FAN-OUT PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA SJ Semiconductor(Jiangyin) Corporation
18340607 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE INTERPOSER, A DEVICE IMPLEMENTING A THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE INTERPOSER, AND PROCESSES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME Final Rejection MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, LLC
17455243 DIAMOND-BASED THERMAL COOLING DEVICES METHODS AND MATERIALS Final Rejection SHARFI, BENJAMIN K.

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