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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Hauptman Ham, LLP (Tsmc)

66 pending office actions • 5 clients

Portfolio Summary

66
Total Pending OAs
7
Final Rejections
59
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 51
Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited 7
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 4
Tsmc China Company, Limited 3
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18829560 Untitled Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. TECHANE, MUNA A 2827 Non-Final OA
18897932 Untitled Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. RETEBO, METASEBIA T 2842 Non-Final OA
18968627 BI-DIRECTIONAL SCAN FLIP-FLOP CIRCUIT AND METHOD Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited MCMAHON, DANIEL F 2111 Non-Final OA Dec 04, 2024
18936254 MEMORY ADDRESS PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. KNAPP, JUSTIN R 2112 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2024
18936841 GAN RELIABILITY BUILT-IN SELF TEST (BIST) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUALIFYING DYNAMIC ON-STATE RESISTANCE DEGRADATION Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. RETEBO, METASEBIA T 2842 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2024
18912258 PAD REMOVAL METHOD AND DEVICE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. HARM, NICKOLAS R 1745 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2024
18791080 DECOUPLING CAPACITOR CIRCUITS Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. TRA, ANH QUAN 2843 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18790296 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOGIC CELL-BASED PUF GENERATORS Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. JOHNSON, AMY COHEN 2400 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18790595 FLOATING DATA LINE CIRCUIT AND METHOD Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. HOANG, HUAN 2827 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18789837 RECONFIGURABLE IN-MEMORY PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. BUI, THA-O H 2825 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18790469 COUPLING MONITORING SYSTEM Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited SMITH, MAURICE C 2877 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18789582 SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING PHOTORESIST COATING OPERATIONS Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited LEONG, NATHAN T 1718 Non-Final OA Jul 30, 2024
18789505 METHODS OF MANUFACTURING FLIP-FLOP WITH TRANSISTORS HAVING DIFFERENT THRESHOLD VOLTAGES AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SAME Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited KIM, JUNG H 2842 Non-Final OA Jul 30, 2024
18785893 METHOD OF OPERATING CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Tsmc China Company, Limited GBLENDE, JEFFREY A 2838 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2024
18777324 CLOCK GATING CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. CRAWFORD, JASON 2844 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2024
18772677 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND METHOD Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. YEAMAN, JAMES G 2842 Non-Final OA Jul 15, 2024
18771863 MEMORY CELL ARRAY AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. CHO, SUNG IL 2825 Non-Final OA Jul 12, 2024
18767858 CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR COMPENSATING A MISMATCH IN A SENSE AMPLIFIER Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. BEGUM, SULTANA 2824 Non-Final OA Jul 09, 2024
18760589 END-OF-CYCLE SIGNAL GENERATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. BEGUM, SULTANA 2824 Non-Final OA Jul 01, 2024
18754948 SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. ERDEM, FAZLI 2812 Non-Final OA Jun 26, 2024
18734190 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING A BUTTED CONTACT AND METHOD OF FORMING Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. SALERNO, SARAH KATE 2814 Final Rejection Jun 05, 2024
18663652 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF FORMING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. HO, TU TU V 2818 Non-Final OA May 14, 2024
18623806 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 Non-Final OA Apr 01, 2024
18601191 SLOW WAVE INDUCTIVE STRUCTURE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. HINSON, RONALD 2837 Non-Final OA Mar 11, 2024
18587437 SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DEVICE MADE, AND METHOD OF USING THE SYSTEM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. TAT, BINH C 2851 Non-Final OA Feb 26, 2024
18398437 CIRCUIT CELLS HAVING CONDUCTION PATH BETWEEN FRONTSIDE POWER RAIL AND BACKSIDE POWER RAIL Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. OH, JIYOUNG 2818 Non-Final OA Dec 28, 2023
18522634 METHOD OF MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. PAYEN, MARVIN 2899 Non-Final OA Nov 29, 2023
18519633 SRAM HAVING CFET STACKS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW 2898 Non-Final OA Nov 27, 2023
18498369 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 2825 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2023
18459089 STRESS AND WARPAGE MODULATING STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-STACKED WAFER AND DIE LEVEL BONDING PACKAGES Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 Non-Final OA Aug 31, 2023
18453162 POWER TAP CONNECTIONS FOR NON-CMOS CIRCUITS UTILIZING CFET TECHNOLOGY Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA 2898 Non-Final OA Aug 21, 2023
18448125 DIAGONAL VIA STRUCTURE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. ZARNEKE, DAVID A 2891 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18448101 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER 2818 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18448093 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR IMAGE SENSOR Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER 2818 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18447964 METHOD OF GENERATING NETLIST INCLUDING PROXIMITY-EFFECT-INDUCER (PEI) PARAMETERS Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. TAT, BINH C 2851 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18447737 METHOD OF MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING BURIED BIAS PAD Tsmc China Company, Limited MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN 2818 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18447614 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN 2818 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18447979 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING STAGGERED GATE-STUB-SIZE PROFILE AND SYSTEM FOR SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL 2812 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18447750 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING NANOSHEETS Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. HOANG, TUAN A 2898 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18231938 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH STACKED TRANSISTORS HAVING INDUCTORS AT BOTH SIDES OF SUBSTRATE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. YUSHINA, GALINA G 2811 Non-Final OA Aug 09, 2023
18361816 METHOD OF USING INTEGRATED TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER FRONT END MODULE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. TRAN, PABLO N 2643 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2023
18358804 POLISHING PAD CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW 3723 Final Rejection Jul 25, 2023
18358239 RESISTIVE-NETWORK CELL REGION, BUILT-IN SELF-TESTER INCLUDING SAME, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SAME, METHOD OF OPERATING SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Tsmc China Company, Limited MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E 2852 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2023
18356388 WAFER THINNING METHOD HAVING FEEDBACK CONTROL Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. AU, BAC H 2898 Non-Final OA Jul 21, 2023
18343447 GUARD RING CAPACITOR METHOD AND STRUCTURE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P 2812 Non-Final OA Jun 28, 2023
18343339 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. KAO, SOPHIA WEI-CHUN 2817 Non-Final OA Jun 28, 2023
18337267 STACKED TRANSISTORS IN MEMORY CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO 2825 Non-Final OA Jun 19, 2023
18322863 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS HAVING SOURCE/DRAIN STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. FAN, SU JYA 2818 Final Rejection May 24, 2023
18322882 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING POLYSILICON STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. MUNOZ, ANDRES F 2818 Final Rejection May 24, 2023
18320421 SYSTEM FOR PHYSICAL VERIFICATION RUNTIME REDUCTION AND METHOD OF USING SAME Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited NGUYEN, NHA T 2851 Non-Final OA May 19, 2023
18317481 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DRIVER DEVICE, LAYOUT, AND METHOD Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. TURNER, BRIAN 2818 Non-Final OA May 15, 2023
18317462 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. LE, THAO P 2818 Non-Final OA May 15, 2023
18314555 LEAKAGE REDUCTION BY HALO-IMP TECHNOLOGY IN MESA REGION OF NANO SHEET DEVICE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. HAN, JONATHAN 2818 Non-Final OA May 09, 2023
18128601 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. GREWAL, HEIM KIRIN 2812 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2023
18185059 CHARGE PUMP CIRCUIT AND METHOD Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. TRA, ANH QUAN 2843 Non-Final OA Mar 16, 2023
18170111 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. PARIHAR, SUCHIN 2851 Non-Final OA Feb 16, 2023
18165292 METHOD OF EXECUTING DESIGN FLOW WITH MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. NGUYEN, NHA T 2851 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2023
18160697 MULTI-BIT FLIP-FLOP REGION WITH SERPENTINE DATA FLOW PATH, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SAME, METHOD OF OPERATING SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. TAT, BINH C 2851 Non-Final OA Jan 27, 2023
18160593 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD AND SYSTEM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. DINH, PAUL 2851 Non-Final OA Jan 27, 2023
17851569 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING ANTI-FUSE CELL STRUCTURE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH 2893 Non-Final OA Jun 28, 2022
17834606 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) DESIGN METHODS USING PROCESS FRIENDLY CELL ARCHITECTURES Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. TAT, BINH C 2851 Final Rejection Jun 07, 2022
17721246 BOUNDARY CELLS ADJACENT TO KEEP-OUT ZONES Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited YASMEEN, NISHATH 2811 Non-Final OA Apr 14, 2022
17575578 DEVICE LEVEL THERMAL DISSIPATION Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. CHEN, YU 2896 Non-Final OA Jan 13, 2022
17335985 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MAKING Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. LI, MEIYA 2811 Non-Final OA Jun 01, 2021
17220269 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. LIN, ARIC 2851 Final Rejection Apr 01, 2021
17111014 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT DIAGRAM SYSTEM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. LIN, ARIC 2851 Final Rejection Dec 03, 2020

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