Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZHU, SHENG-BAI

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2823 2892 2897

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.6%
Allow Rate
-5.4% vs TC avg
764
Total Applications
+4.8%
Interview Lift
1061
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 705 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
21.5%
§102 Novelty
66.2%
§103 Obviousness
10.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18441578 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18080024 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A DUMMY POWER PAD AND A PAD PLACEMENT METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18059010 Semiconductor Memory Device Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17266697 DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING FRAME WITH REGIONS TO DISCHARGE HEAT GENERATED BY PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17915755 OLED DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18346977 METHOD OF REDUCING VOIDS AND SEAMS IN TRENCH STRUCTURES BY FORMING SEMI-AMORPHOUS POLYSILICON Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18149099 DIELECTRIC FILMS OVER ELECTRODE FOR HIGH VOLTAGE PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
17525167 DUAL RESISTOR INTEGRATION Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
17514856 MULTI-ROW HEIGHT COMPOSITE CELL WITH MULTIPLE LOGIC FUNCTIONS Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18880361 POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING HEAT DISSIPATING STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17420393 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A TRENCH FORMED ON A LOWER SURFACE OF A NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18750434 DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND CAPACITORS AND A STORAGE CAPACITOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18372857 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18368710 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17871169 DISPLAY DEVICE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING DEFECTS ON A SIGNAL LINE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
17423453 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18529851 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT Non-Final OA TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
17996043 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18073084 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
18617730 DUAL SUBSTRATE SIDE ESD DIODE FOR HIGH SPEED CIRCUIT Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17896745 WORD LINE STRUCTURES IN SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17853543 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING CONTACT PLUG Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17891493 WAVELENGTH CONVERSION OPTICS FOR CONTROLLED LIGHT DISTRIBUTION Non-Final OA Autosystems, a division of Magna Exteriors Inc.
17561670 POWER DELIVERY USING BACKSIDE POWER FOR STITCHED DIES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17898233 MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH LOW AND HIGH GLOBAL DIGIT LINES, RELATED MEMORY DEVICES, ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18683335 ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLIES WITH INTERPOSER ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Tesla, Inc.
17786745 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
17978759 IMAGE SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING CONDUCTIVE LIGHT BLOCKING LAYER Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
17896193 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DUMMY STACK INCLUDING STAIRCASE STRUCTURE AND PROTRUSION Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
17917900 DISPLAY PANEL HAVING BLIND HOLE TO ACCOMODATE SIGNALS EXCHANGED WITH UNDER-DISPLAY COMPONENT Final Rejection OTI LUMIONICS INC.

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