Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Snell & Wilmer (Asm Ip Holding B.V.)

72 pending office actions • 2 clients • 54 examiners • 25 art units • 0 of 72 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 139 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

72
Total Pending OAs
61
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 71 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

22
Overdue
3
Due this week
24
Due this month
12
Due in next 60 days
10
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 71 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (22)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (24)Due ≤ 60 days (12)Due later (10)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
63
Medium (88%)
5
Easy (7%)
4
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only60 (83%)
§102 only3 (4%)
§112 only5 (7%)
No statute on record4 (6%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

46
Life Sciences
64% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
19
Semiconductors
26% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

720 h
Manual time on pending OAs
144 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
252 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 4 68.2% +16.3%
CHEN, BRET P 3 84.2% +16.7%
SWEELY, KURT D 3 53.2% +34.4%
TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 3 49.1% +27.4%
GAMBETTA, KELLY M 3 72.0% +32.7%
KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 3 32.8% +22.7%
BENNETT, CHARLEE 2 57.6% +36.1%
LAW, NGA LEUNG V 2 56.2% +19.8%
STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2 89.7% +6.9%
KEBEDE, BROOK 2 88.8% +4.3%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18895683 SELECTIVE DEPOSITION CHEN, BRET P 42d overdue
18147038 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING AND TREATING A SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE KEBEDE, BROOK 5d
18199018 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD STEVENSON, ANDRE C 19d
18148687 METAL-ON-METAL DEPOSITION METHODS FOR FILLING A GAP FEATURE ON A SUBSTRATE SURFACE KEBEDE, BROOK 28d
18205716 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD STEVENSON, ANDRE C 41d

Interview Candidates (23)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17329829 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DIRECT LIQUID INJECTION OF VANADIUM PRECURSORS MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 131d overdue
18227485 METHOD FOR FORMING LAYER ON DIFFERENT-DENSITY PATTERN REGIONS LAW, NGA LEUNG V 50d overdue
17864698 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT UNIT, THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME LAW, NGA LEUNG V 49d overdue
18895683 SELECTIVE DEPOSITION CHEN, BRET P 42d overdue
18300301 DEPOSITION OF FLOWABLE SICN FILMS BY PLASMA ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION GAMBETTA, KELLY M 18d overdue
18403024 REACTANT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND REACTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 8d overdue
18142147 METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A RUTHENIUM-CONTAINING FILM ON A SUBSTRATE BY A CYCLICAL DEPOSITION PROCESS CHEN, BRET P 3d overdue
18199058 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1d overdue

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
ASM 71
UNIVERSITEIT GENT 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
171818
17127
17167
17175
28995
28963
17592
17132
28142
28932

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19251984 METHODS FOR FORMING A DOPED HIGH-K LAYER ON A SUBSTRATE Asm Ip Holding B.V. MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 Other Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jun 27, 2025
18985474 METHODS FOR DEPOSITING GAP FILLING FLUIDS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND DEVICES Asm Ip Holding B.V. CHEN, BRET P 1718 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 18, 2024
18919874 PLASMA MODULATION APPARATUS FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM Asm Ip Holding B.V. WELLS, KENNETH B 2842 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 18, 2024
18899215 PRECURSOR CAPSULE, A VESSEL AND A METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. LONG, DONNELL ALAN 3754 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18895683 SELECTIVE DEPOSITION Asm Ip Holding B.V. CHEN, BRET P 1718 §112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2024
18816044 GAPFILL METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS Asm Ip Holding B.V. MAYY, MOHAMMAD 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2024
18787053 PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS, REACTION CHAMBERS INCLUDING PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS, AND METHODS FOR FORMING AND UTILIZING PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS Asm Ip Holding B.V. SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 29, 2024
18644475 METHODS OF FORMING STRUCTURES INCLUDING SILICON GERMANIUM AND SILICON LAYERS, DEVICES FORMED USING THE METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING THE METHODS Asm Ip Holding B.V. HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18638154 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Asm Ip Holding B.V. SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18596144 REACTANT VAPORIZER AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Asm Ip Holding B.V. TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18423969 SOLID PRECURSOR WEIGHT MONITORING SYSTEM, REACTOR SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF USING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. KITT, STEPHEN A 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18410370 APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A GAS MIXTURE TO A REACTION CHAMBER AND METHOD OF USING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. GATES, BRADFORD M 1713 Other Final Rejection 40d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18402950 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING STRUCTURES COMPRISING A THRESHOLD VOLTAGE TUNING LAYER Asm Ip Holding B.V. OWENS, DOUGLAS W 2897 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 03, 2024
18403024 REACTANT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND REACTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2024
18524307 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18522867 METHOD FOR FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND RELATED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES Asm Ip Holding B.V. GARCES, NELSON Y 2814 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18384448 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TUNING PHOTORESIST ADHESION LAYER PROPERTIES Asm Ip Holding B.V. MALSAWMA, LALRINFAMKIM HMAR 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2023
18377885 GAS INLET TUBE ASSEMBLY FOR AN IMPROVED GAS MIXTURE IN A SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Asm Ip Holding B.V. BENNETT, CHARLEE 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18376524 LIQUID-SOURCE PRECURSOR DELIVERY SYSTEM APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. CHAN, LAUREEN 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Oct 04, 2023
18239176 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR A REACTION CHAMBER Asm Ip Holding B.V. KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18238063 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18234549 METHOD OF FORMING MATERIAL WITHIN A RECESS Asm Ip Holding B.V. TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18232990 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2023
18227485 METHOD FOR FORMING LAYER ON DIFFERENT-DENSITY PATTERN REGIONS Asm Ip Holding B.V. LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18205716 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 05, 2023
18199058 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18199018 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2899 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending May 18, 2023
18195456 FILM FORMING APPARATUS WITH ANNULAR EXHAUST DUCT Asm Ip Holding B.V. SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending May 10, 2023
18195422 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR CABINETS USED IN SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION PROCESSING Asm Ip Holding B.V. GARDNER, NICOLE 3753 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending May 10, 2023
18142147 METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A RUTHENIUM-CONTAINING FILM ON A SUBSTRATE BY A CYCLICAL DEPOSITION PROCESS UNIVERSITEIT GENT CHEN, BRET P 1718 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18137779 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. PENNY, TABATHA L 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18135799 METHOD TO REDUCE BENDING OF FEATURES ON A SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE AND STRUCTURE FORMED USING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. PARKER, JOHN M 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18135792 PRECURSOR VESSEL COOLING ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE ASSEMBLY, AND METHODS OF USING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. KING, BRIAN M 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Apr 18, 2023
18300301 DEPOSITION OF FLOWABLE SICN FILMS BY PLASMA ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION Asm Ip Holding B.V. GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18131552 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING SUBSTRATE TRANSFER ROBOT Asm Ip Holding B.V. FORD, NATHAN K 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Apr 06, 2023
18296039 HEATING ZONE SEPARATION FOR REACTANT EVAPORATION SYSTEM Asm Ip Holding B.V. LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT 1716 §112 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18129932 GAS-DELIVERY ASSEMBLY AND REACTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Apr 03, 2023
18127201 METHOD FOR FORMING A LAYER PROVIDED WITH SILICON Asm Ip Holding B.V. CHEN, JACK S J 2893 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Mar 28, 2023
18110403 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING THE SURFACE OF AN EPITAXIALLY GROWN SILICON FILM USING A RADICAL SPECIES Asm Ip Holding B.V. QI, HUA 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Feb 16, 2023
18101656 MULTI-ZONE LAMINATE HEATER PLATE Asm Ip Holding B.V. PAIK, SANG YEOP 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jan 26, 2023
18100298 STRUCTURE AND DEVICE INCLUDING METAL CARBON NITRIDE LAYER AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. BAIG, ANEESA RIAZ 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2023
18100331 REACTOR SYSTEM WITH SOURCE VESSEL WEIGHT MONITORING Asm Ip Holding B.V. KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18092362 REMOTE PLASMA UNIT AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING REMOTE PLASMA Asm Ip Holding B.V. MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 02, 2023
18148687 METAL-ON-METAL DEPOSITION METHODS FOR FILLING A GAP FEATURE ON A SUBSTRATE SURFACE Asm Ip Holding B.V. KEBEDE, BROOK 2818 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 30, 2022
18147916 METHODS FOR SELECTIVE DEPOSITION UTILIZING N-TYPE DOPANTS AND/OR ALTERNATIVE DOPANTS TO ACHIEVE HIGH DOPANT INCORPORATION Asm Ip Holding B.V. MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18147038 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING AND TREATING A SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE Asm Ip Holding B.V. KEBEDE, BROOK 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Dec 28, 2022
18089635 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HEATING AND TEMPERATURE MONITORING Asm Ip Holding B.V. AMAR, MARC J 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 28, 2022
18087871 SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING DEVICE WITH WAFER EDGE PURGING Asm Ip Holding B.V. SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 1718 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Dec 23, 2022
18086734 EPITAXIAL REACTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 22, 2022
18079247 SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING DEVICE WITH HEATER Asm Ip Holding B.V. LEE JR, WOODY A 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 12, 2022
18072764 METHODS FOR IMPROVING THIN FILM QUALITY Asm Ip Holding B.V. GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 01, 2022
17990776 METHOD OF FORMING SIOC AND SIOCN LOW-K SPACERS Asm Ip Holding B.V. MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 21, 2022
17962009 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PURGING REACTOR LOWER CHAMBERS WITH ETCHANTS DURING FILM DEPOSITION Asm Ip Holding B.V. BENNETT, CHARLEE 2893 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 07, 2022
17942318 AIR GAP FORMING METHOD AND SELECTIVE DEPOSITION METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. ROLLAND, ALEX A 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17900065 METHOD OF FORMING AN UNDERLAYER FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET (EUV) DOSE REDUCTION AND STRUCTURE INCLUDING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2022
17900578 METHOD OF FORMING A PHOTORESIST ABSORBER LAYER AND STRUCTURE INCLUDING SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 31, 2022
17897461 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING IMPEDANCE ADJUSTER Asm Ip Holding B.V. KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Aug 29, 2022
17896218 CVD APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING CHAMBER OF CVD APPARATUS Asm Ip Holding B.V. SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 26, 2022
17871048 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PRECURSOR DELIVERY TO A PROCESS CHAMBER Asm Ip Holding B.V. THOMAS, BINU 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 22, 2022
17864698 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT UNIT, THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Asm Ip Holding B.V. LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2022
17857344 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING SUBSTRATE SUPPORT STRUCTURES Asm Ip Holding B.V. REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Jul 05, 2022
17842007 REACTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A LAYER COMPRISING INDIUM GALLIUM ZINC OXIDE Asm Ip Holding B.V. TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 16, 2022
17729645 REACTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING REACTOR SYSTEMS Asm Ip Holding B.V. CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2022
17697056 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY ETCHING FILMS Asm Ip Holding B.V. PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 17, 2022
17689392 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Asm Ip Holding B.V. KLUNK, MARGARET D 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Mar 08, 2022
17557131 METHODS FOR DEPOSITING A TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGENIDE FILM ON A SUBSTRATE BY A CYCLICAL DEPOSITION PROCESS Asm Ip Holding B.V. NARAGHI, ALI 2817 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2021
17529562 METHOD OF FORMING STRUCTURES FOR THRESHOLD VOLTAGE CONTROL Asm Ip Holding B.V. WELLINGTON, ANDREA L 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Nov 18, 2021
17511837 MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITION METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Oct 27, 2021
17392257 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Asm Ip Holding B.V. NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 03, 2021
17350281 LAYER FORMING METHOD Asm Ip Holding B.V. HSIEH, HSIN YI 2899 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2021
17329829 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DIRECT LIQUID INJECTION OF VANADIUM PRECURSORS Asm Ip Holding B.V. MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1712 §103 Final Rejection 131d overdue Pending May 25, 2021
16939296 DIAPHRAGM VALVES, VALVE COMPONENTS, AND METHODS FOR FORMING VALVE COMPONENTS Asm Ip Holding B.V. ABRAHAM, JOSE K 3729 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jul 27, 2020

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