USPTO Examiner VALENZUELA PATRICIA D - Art Unit 2812

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19210377SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT STRUCTURE WITH DIRECT DIE HEAT REMOVAL STRUCTUREMay 2025October 2025Allow510NoNo
19004132SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT STRUCTURE WITH DIRECT DIE HEAT REMOVAL STRUCTUREDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18981113SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT STRUCTURE WITH DIRECT DIE HEAT REMOVAL STRUCTUREDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18980888SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT STRUCTURE WITH DIRECT DIE HEAT REMOVAL STRUCTUREDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18839996SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FIRST SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND A FIRST CONNECTION ELEMENTAugust 2024October 2025Allow1311NoNo
18770547NOVEL PHASE CHANGE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DEVICEJuly 2024April 2025Allow910NoNo
18764971SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING METALLIZATION LAYER WITH LOW CAPACITANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18751724CHIP PACKAGE STRUCTURE WITH LIDJune 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18732626STRUCTURAL SCREEN WINDOW LIQUID METAL THERMAL INTERFACE PADJune 2024January 2025Allow810NoNo
18674930MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGEMay 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18674649SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT STRUCTURE WITH DIRECT DIE HEAT REMOVAL STRUCTUREMay 2024December 2024Allow611NoNo
18631181METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTUREApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18625324CHIP CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18616191METHODS OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18612949SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STACK-UP WITH BULK SUBSTRATE MATERIAL TO MITIGATE HOT SPOTSMarch 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18428088COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING THE COMPOSITE SUBSTRATEJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18406162VERTICAL INTERCONNECT ELEVATOR BASED ON THROUGH SILICON VIASJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18400871COBALT BASED INTERCONNECTS AND METHODS OF FABRICATION THEREOFDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18399504INTEGRATED VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND PASSIVE COMPONENTSDecember 2023October 2024Allow1000YesNo
18543133DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510YesNo
18537954NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A MEMORY CELLDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18525435DIE INTERCONNECT SUBSTRATE, AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A DIE INTERCONNECT SUBSTRATENovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18525131METHOD FOR NON-RESIST NANOLITHOGRAPHYNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18522752METHOD OF MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING METAL INSULATOR METAL CAPACITORNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18520361LEADFRAME SPACER FOR DOUBLE-SIDED POWER MODULENovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18515536THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICESNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18511438Metal-Insulator-Metal StructureNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18500357CMOS IMAGE SENSOR HAVING INDENTED PHOTODIODE STRUCTURENovember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18493194WIRE BONDED AIR HEAT SINKOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18375750BALL GRID ARRAY PACKAGE DESIGNOctober 2023September 2024Allow1111NoNo
18472227PACKAGE STRUCTURE WITH PHOTONIC DIE AND METHODSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18469615DIRECT BONDED COPPER SUBSTRATES FABRICATED USING SILVER SINTERINGSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18367052SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH AIR GAP BELOW LANDING PAD AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAMESeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18232750NOVEL RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DEVICEAugust 2023May 2024Allow910NoNo
18446648Semiconductor Devices Including Decoupling CapacitorsAugust 2023September 2024Allow1311NoNo
18231750PHASE CHANGE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DEVICEAugust 2023May 2024Allow910NoNo
18366513DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFAugust 2023January 2025Allow1710NoNo
18363865DIELECTRIC CAPPING STRUCTURE OVERLYING A CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE TO INCREASE STABILITYAugust 2023August 2024Allow1211NoNo
18274747Power Semiconductor DeviceJuly 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18361560REDUCING RC DELAY IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18360465PACKAGE STRUCTURE WITH PROTECTIVE LIDJuly 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18226891SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJuly 2023April 2024Allow910NoNo
18359023DEEP TRENCH CAPACITOR INCLUDING STRESS-RELIEF VOIDS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAMEJuly 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18359011METAL PLATE CORNER STRUCTURE ON METAL INSULATOR METALJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18354941GALVANIC ISOLATION USING ISOLATION BREAK BETWEEN REDISTRIBUTION LAYER ELECTRODESJuly 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18223981TECHNIQUES AND CONFIGURATIONS TO REDUCE TRANSISTOR GATE SHORT DEFECTSJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18352465SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110YesNo
18352552SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110YesNo
18349292SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGE HAVING METAL THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALJuly 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18347794RRAM MEMORY CELL WITH MULTIPLE FILAMENTSJuly 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18348049INSULATING SUBSTRATE AND POWER MODULE USING THE SAMEJuly 2023July 2024Allow1310YesNo
18346622Mechanism for FinFET Well DopingJuly 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18337069METAL INSULATOR METAL CAPACITOR (MIM CAPACITOR)June 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18336412THIN FILM RESISTOR, THERMISTOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAMEJune 2023March 2026Allow3310YesNo
18334381SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFJune 2023August 2024Allow1411NoNo
18334380SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTUREJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18333590SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJune 2023February 2026Allow3211NoNo
18333863REDUCTION OF MIDDLE-OF-LINE RESISTANCE AND CAPACITANCEJune 2023March 2026Allow3311NoNo
18207828SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH AIR GAP AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18207175SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFJune 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18330466Metal Loss Prevention Using ImplantationJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18203130SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGEMay 2023December 2025Allow3010YesNo
18325315SILICON WAFER AND METHOD FOR FILLING SILICON VIA THEREOFMay 2023December 2025Allow3110NoNo
18201995SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEMay 2023March 2026Allow3410YesNo
18254210CIRCUIT BOARD, LIGHT-EMITTING SUBSTRATE, BACKLIGHT MODULE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICEMay 2023December 2025Allow3110NoNo
18321210DOUBLE-SIDED COOLING PACKAGE FOR DOUBLE-SIDED, BI-DIRECTIONAL JUNCTION TRANSISTORMay 2023February 2026Allow3311NoNo
18318644ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAYMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18195942SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAMEMay 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18314875INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES WITH ANGLED TRANSISTORS AND ANGLED ROUTING TRACKSMay 2023November 2025Allow3010NoNo
18314844METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEMay 2023March 2026Allow3411NoNo
18141118ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED DISCRETE PACKAGE WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE CERAMIC SUBSTRATEApril 2023December 2025Allow3110YesNo
18307197METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH RESISTIVE ELEMENTSApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18138397METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE HAVING A BONDING LAYER WITH BUMPS AND A BONDING MEMBERApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18135927SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SAMEApril 2023December 2025Allow3210YesNo
18131462SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING DIELECTRIC LINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEApril 2023August 2025Allow2810NoNo
18193932Lid Structure With Openings To Alleviate Leakage Of Thermal Interface Material Of A Chip AssemblyMarch 2023February 2026Allow3511YesNo
18193624SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR ATTACHING TO A FLEXIBLE DISPLAYMarch 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18181557CHIP PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEMarch 2023December 2025Allow3311NoNo
18172409SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2023March 2026Allow3711NoNo
18089615SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410YesNo
18089537SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STACK-UP WITH BULK SUBSTRATE MATERIAL TO MITIGATE HOT SPOTSDecember 2022January 2024Allow1310NoNo
18065117EMBEDDED ReRAM WITH BACKSIDE CONTACTDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
17986407CIRCUIT-BOARD COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIGHT-EMITTING COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2022December 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17980949SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES INCLUDING MIDDLE-OF-LINE (MOL) CAPACITANCE REDUCTION FOR SELF-ALIGNED CONTACT IN GATE STACKNovember 2022November 2024Allow2420NoNo
18050413SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, METHOD OF FORMING THE PACKAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2022October 2025Allow3610YesNo
17972892Hybrid Power Rail Formation in Dielectric Isolation for Semiconductor DeviceOctober 2022November 2025Allow3710YesNo
17996888SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUSOctober 2022November 2025Allow3710YesNo
17917070ELECTRIC ASSEMBLY INCLUDING HEAT SPREADING LAYEROctober 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17937313POWER VIA WITH REDUCED RESISTANCESeptember 2022October 2025Allow3710NoNo
17915975SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESeptember 2022September 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17956806SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, AND VEHICLESeptember 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17934672SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3711NoNo
17913662Power Module Device with an Embedded Power Semiconductor DeviceSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3511NoNo
17906847SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17932887SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING EDGE SEAL AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF WITHOUT METAL HARD MASK ARCINGSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3711NoNo
17945542DECOUPLING CAPACITOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2022November 2025Allow3810YesNo
17945200PACKAGE SUBSTRATE BASED ON MOLDING PROCESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2022December 2025Allow3911NoNo
17930123DUAL STRUCTURED BURIED RAILSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3511NoNo
17909471POWER MODULESeptember 2022June 2025Allow3410NoNo
17899740DIELECTRIC CAPS FOR POWER AND SIGNAL LINE ROUTINGAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D works in Art Unit 2812 and has examined 79 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.9%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D's allowance rate of 94.9% places them in the 84% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D receive 1.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 15% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 48% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D. This interview benefit is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 66.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 4% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 24% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 30% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

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