USPTO Examiner AHMAD KHAJA - Art Unit 2813

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18749924METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING FINSJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18654293VERTICAL DEVICE TRIGGERED SILICON CONTROL RECTIFIERMay 2024February 2025Allow1011NoNo
18654247NEUTRAL pH COPPER PLATING SOLUTION FOR UNDERCUT REDUCTIONMay 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18642052DEVICE WITH METAL FIELD PLATE EXTENSIONApril 2024January 2025Allow911YesNo
18641354DISPLAY APPARATUSApril 2024March 2026Allow2321NoNo
18635018SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEApril 2024October 2025Allow1830NoNo
18629606EPITAXIAL OXIDE TRANSISTORApril 2024February 2025Allow1000NoNo
18629555EPITAXIAL OXIDE TRANSISTORApril 2024April 2025Allow1200NoNo
18604620METHOD FOR MAKING A RADIO FREQUENCY SILICON-ON-INSULATOR (RFSOI) WAFER INCLUDING A SUPERLATTICEMarch 2024January 2025Allow1120YesNo
18443357HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR WITH DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR REGION IN GATE STRUCTUREFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18423986EPITAXIAL OXIDE TRANSISTORJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1200NoNo
18419015SIDEWAYS VIAS IN ISOLATION AREAS TO CONTACT INTERIOR LAYERS IN STACKED DEVICESJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1001NoNo
18407848APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATEJanuary 2024August 2025Allow2010NoNo
18405875BOND PAD CONNECTION LAYOUTJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18396987ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) PROTECTION CIRCUIT WITH DISABLE FEATURE BASED ON HOT-PLUG CONDITION DETECTIONDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18395249SELF-PASSIVATED NITROGEN-POLAR III-NITRIDE TRANSISTORDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18541441SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEDecember 2023August 2024Allow811NoNo
18521096Light-Emitting DeviceNovember 2023February 2026Allow2700NoNo
18517330BUFFER DESIGN FOR PACKAGE INTEGRATIONNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820NoNo
18514164SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH MATERIAL MODIFICATION AND LOW RESISTANCE PLUGNovember 2023March 2025Allow1601NoNo
18513618DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICENovember 2023March 2025Allow1601YesNo
18510204SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICENovember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18507957SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2023April 2025Allow1701YesNo
18505215DIE CLEANING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODSNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18480334EPITAXIAL OXIDE MATERIALS, STRUCTURES, AND DEVICESOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18480323EPITAXIAL OXIDE MATERIALS, STRUCTURES, AND DEVICESOctober 2023July 2024Allow900NoNo
18284622Display Apparatus, Electronic Device, and Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor DeviceSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2700NoNo
18368971APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OF SINGULATED DIES AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAMESeptember 2023January 2026Allow2800NoNo
18464517SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLESSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1520NoNo
18464169SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18243646SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESeptember 2023March 2026Allow3001NoNo
18242513SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MEASURING THE SAMESeptember 2023February 2026Allow2901NoNo
18454938Power Measurement In A Two-Wire Load Control DeviceAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18450233NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEAugust 2023October 2025Allow2600NoNo
18446659TWO-PORT SRAM CELL STRUCTUREAugust 2023January 2026Allow3001NoNo
18363736SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEAugust 2023October 2025Allow2600NoNo
18362261FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH NEGATIVE CAPACITANCE DIELECTRIC STRUCTURESJuly 2023March 2025Allow1910YesNo
18362212STACKABLE MEMORY DEVICES WITH VERTICAL CHANNELS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOFJuly 2023February 2026Allow3101NoNo
18358435LIGHT EMITTING MODULEJuly 2023January 2025Allow1720YesNo
18353246DOUBLE-SIDED STACKED DTC STRUCTUREJuly 2023March 2025Allow2021NoNo
18351010SENSOR PACKAGESJuly 2023September 2024Allow1411NoNo
18340650MONOLITHIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ASSEMBLIESJune 2023August 2024Allow1411YesNo
18333682CONTACT STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFJune 2023September 2025Allow2700NoNo
18256669MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMORY DEVICEJune 2023March 2026Allow3301NoNo
18326214FIN JOG STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAMEMay 2023October 2025Allow2801NoNo
18323332ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICEMay 2023February 2025Allow2110NoNo
18201743LIGHT EMITTING MODULEMay 2023November 2025Allow3050YesNo
18319557SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPMay 2023March 2024Allow1000NoNo
18196811Display ApparatusMay 2023January 2026Allow3210NoNo
18143608LOGIC CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF PREVENTING LATCH-UPMay 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18141306Integrated Inspection for Enhanced Hybrid Bonding Yield in Advanced Semiconductor Packaging ManufacturingApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18305086SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH METAL GATE STACKApril 2023December 2025Allow3240YesNo
18303588SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFApril 2023October 2025Allow3001NoNo
18135203SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH STRAIN RELAXED LAYERApril 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18135206SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH STRAIN RELAXED LAYERApril 2023February 2024Allow1000NoNo
18026000DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICEMarch 2023July 2025Allow2900NoNo
18182233DISPLAY DEVICEMarch 2023February 2026Allow3601NoNo
18118980Multi-Channel High Electron Mobility Transistor with Reduced Input CapacitanceMarch 2023January 2026Allow3401NoNo
18175650DISPLAY DEVICEFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1401NoNo
18175234Display ApparatusFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2421YesNo
18174052TRANSISTOR WITH MULTI-LEVEL SELF-ALIGNED GATE AND SOURCE/DRAIN TERMINALS AND METHODSFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1621NoNo
18171954SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1610NoNo
18111861LED CHIP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAMEFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2321NoNo
18111630SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATEFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3120NoNo
18170965MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAMEFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3301YesNo
18041997DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICEFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3510NoNo
18021733CHARGE GENERATION LAYER, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUSFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3110NoNo
17602293SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEFebruary 2023January 2026Allow5211NoNo
18110095THYRISTOR, TRIAC AND TRANSIENT-VOLTAGE-SUPPRESSION DIODE MANUFACTURINGFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2010NoNo
18169023Route Scoring For Assessing Or Predicting Driving PerformanceFebruary 2023August 2023Allow700NoNo
18167349EPITAXIAL OXIDE MATERIALS, STRUCTURES, AND DEVICESFebruary 2023December 2024Allow2221YesNo
18020675Alignment Device and Alignment MethodFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2800NoNo
18167365EPITAXIAL OXIDE MATERIALS, STRUCTURES, AND DEVICESFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1811NoNo
18167623HEMT DEVICE HAVING LOW CONDUCTION LOSSES AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOFFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3101YesNo
18019824METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND POWER CONVERSION APPARATUSFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2800NoNo
18163078SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAMEFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3110NoNo
18162717MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING THEREOFFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3501NoNo
18161662Directional Deposition for Semiconductor FabricationJanuary 2023November 2023Allow1001NoNo
18017986WAFER ASSEMBLY HAVING ALIGNMENT MARKS, METHOD FOR FORMING SAME, AND WAFER ALIGNMENT METHODJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18155784HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATION OF DEVICE DIE HAVING BSPDNJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3511YesNo
18096351VERTICAL EDGE BLOCKING (VEB) TECHNIQUE FOR INCREASING PATTERNING PROCESS MARGINJanuary 2023November 2024Allow2221YesNo
18005058SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUSJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18152396SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJanuary 2023December 2025Abandon3511NoNo
18150206METHOD OF FORMING HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSISTOR AND STRUCTURE RESULTING THEREFROMJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3201NoNo
18013878POWER MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAMEJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3720NoNo
18090127LED DEVICEDecember 2022November 2025Abandon3501NoNo
18145507MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH STACKED TRANSISTORSDecember 2022January 2026Allow3711YesNo
18010915SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022August 2025Allow3201NoNo
18065835SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAMEDecember 2022December 2025Allow3611NoNo
18079060Substrate and Light-Emitting SubstrateDecember 2022December 2025Allow3611NoNo
18078847SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022January 2026Allow3711NoNo
18077778METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGE STRUCTUREDecember 2022February 2024Allow1400NoNo
18076963SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEDecember 2022July 2025Allow3101NoNo
18061225METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTDecember 2022January 2025Allow2600NoNo
17992300SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICENovember 2022October 2023Allow1110NoNo
17991423Methods of Forming Semiconductor PackagesNovember 2022February 2024Allow1500NoNo
17981178GaN VERTICAL-CHANNEL JUNCTION FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS WITH REGROWN p-GaN BY METAL ORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (MOCVD)November 2022September 2024Allow2220YesNo
17977971DOUBLE-CHANNEL HEMT DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022July 2024Allow2121YesNo
17977013EPITAXIAL WAFER AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE USING THE SAMEOctober 2022May 2025Allow3121YesNo
17975908IMAGE SENSOROctober 2022August 2024Abandon2120NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner AHMAD, KHAJA.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
18
Examiner Affirmed
13
(72.2%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(27.8%)
Reversal Percentile
43.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.8% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
32
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
24
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
35.2%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 25.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner AHMAD, KHAJA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner AHMAD, KHAJA works in Art Unit 2813 and has examined 1,022 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner AHMAD, KHAJA's allowance rate of 82.1% places them in the 54% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by AHMAD, KHAJA receive 1.75 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 38% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by AHMAD, KHAJA is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 86% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +24.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by AHMAD, KHAJA. This interview benefit is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 33.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 21.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 58.8% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 52.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 23% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 40.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 49.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 58% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 60% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

    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

    Important Disclaimer

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