Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18661750 | APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18659519 | DEPFET TRANSISTOR | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18655453 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS INCLUDING MAGNETIC-TUNNEL-JUNCTION LAYER STACKS | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18654186 | HIGH VOLTAGE AVALANCHE DIODE FOR ACTIVE CLAMP DRIVERS | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18625604 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18611923 | TRANSISTOR STACKS HAVING INSULATING SPACERS, AND RELATED FABRICATION METHODS | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18436942 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE WITH LED STACK FOR DISPLAY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18432923 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18405099 | PASSIVATION LAYER FOR EPITAXIAL SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18532847 | Display Device | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18528816 | LATERAL DIFFUSION METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18528806 | LATERAL DIFFUSION METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18516279 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A SUPERLATTICE AND AN ASYMMETRIC CHANNEL AND RELATED METHODS | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18513763 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND LIGHTING DEVICE | November 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18515015 | SPLIT GATE POWER MOSFET AND SPLIT GATE POWER MOSFET MANUFACTURING METHOD | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18491917 | MASK LAYOUT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18488381 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING ISOLATION REGIONS | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18485336 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18286152 | VERTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH INTEGRATED SAMPLING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | October 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18482617 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND PLURAL FIRST AND SECOND LEADS | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18469799 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18466207 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING PASSIVE ELEMENT | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18462002 | HIGH VOLTAGE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HIGH VOLTAGE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18447965 | Polysilicon Removal In Word Line Contact Region Of Memory Devices | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18446861 | SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUIT INCLUDING SUPERCONDUCTING QUBITS | August 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18360416 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DOPED WORK FUNCTION METAL LAYER | July 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18357236 | Component With Dielectric Layer for Embedding in Component Carrier | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 18213346 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SUPERLATTICE WITH O18 ENRICHED MONOLAYERS | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18332824 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18200331 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18199967 | METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING A T-SHAPED ERASE GATE | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18311711 | METHOD FOR ELIMINATING DIVOT FORMATION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18311582 | QUANTUM DOT DEVICES | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18310554 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18194490 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | March 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18172710 | HARD MASK AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, PREPARATION METHOD OF JOSEPHSON JUNCTION, AND SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUIT | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18165479 | Quantum Coupler Facilitating Suppression of ZZ Interactions Between Qubits | February 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18162892 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING ISOLATION REGIONS | February 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18159777 | QUANTUM DEVICE FACILITATING SUPPRESSION OF ZZ INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TWO-JUNCTION SUPERCONDUCTING QUBITS | January 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18156779 | THERMAL SENSOR DEVICE BY BACK END OF LINE METAL RESISTOR | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18097328 | Topological Quantum Computing Components, Systems, and Methods | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18093445 | HIGH VOLTAGE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HIGH VOLTAGE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | January 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18150240 | Integrated Circuit Package and Method | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18069203 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18061766 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17997841 | SILICON CARBIDE JUNCTION BARRIER SCHOTTKY DIODE WITH ENHANCED RUGGEDNESS | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18051437 | SPLIT FLOATING DIFFUSION PIXEL LAYOUT DESIGN | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17997200 | Field Effect Transistor Device, and Method for Improving Short-Channel Effect and Output Characteristic Thereof | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17974430 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18049103 | SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS WITH SURROUNDING RADIAL P-N DIODES | October 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17967200 | TRANSISTOR INCLUDING TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) CHANNEL | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17963147 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE WITH LED STACK FOR DISPLAY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME | October 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17937160 | SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUIT INCLUDING SUPERCONDUCTING QUBITS | September 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17952699 | THIN FILM STRUCTURE INCLUDING DIELECTRIC MATERIAL LAYER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17911656 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH REDUCED WITHSTAND VOLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS | September 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17941272 | MASK LAYOUT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17899429 | FERROELECTRIC GATE STACK FOR BAND-TO-BAND TUNNELING REDUCTION | August 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17802438 | SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODE | August 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17891930 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE WITH HYPERBOLIC METAMATERIAL | August 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17890215 | COHERENT QUANTUM INFORMATION SYSTEMS | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17797295 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SUPPRESSION OF DECREASE OF WITHSTAND VOLTAGE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17797109 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE INCLUDING HYDROGEN-RELATED DONOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17877824 | METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING ISOLATION STRUCTURES WITH DIFFERENT THICKNESSES | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17815043 | POLYSILICON REMOVAL IN WORD LINE CONTACT REGION OF MEMORY DEVICES | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17869885 | PASSIVATION LAYER FOR EPITAXIAL SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17869163 | INNER SPACERS FOR GATE-ALL-AROUND TRANSISTORS | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17813641 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING ACTIVE REGIONS OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | July 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17867012 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR VERTICAL GROUP III-V DEVICE | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17860820 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR INCLUDING MULTIPLE ASPECT TRAPPING RATIO STRUCTURES | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17758300 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17855735 | DIODE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | June 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17849418 | Display Device | June 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17806902 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17838524 | GATE STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17838490 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DIODE CHAIN CONNECTED TO GATE METALLIZATION | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17834973 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND LIGHTING DEVICE | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17833093 | High Temperature Superconductor Bi-Superconducting Quantum Interference Device | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17832601 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17663910 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17746925 | REVERSE-CONDUCTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17741111 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | May 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17735284 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE USING NITROGEN-CONTAINING PATTERN | May 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17735726 | SELECTIVE PATTERNING WITH WET-DRY BILAYER RESIST | May 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17733009 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Fabricating a Semiconductor Device | April 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17731316 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | April 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17729770 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17724416 | Semiconductor Device, Preparation Method Therefor and Electrical Equipment Thereof | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17722514 | FIN FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FINFET) DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17721525 | DISPLAY DEVICE | April 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17720148 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | April 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17719242 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A SUPERLATTICE AND AN ASYMMETRIC CHANNEL AND RELATED METHODS | April 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17754779 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | April 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17717724 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | April 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17718182 | METHOD FOR FORMING INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH 2D MATERIAL LAYER | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17709696 | METHOD FOR DICING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER STRUCTURE | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17709735 | SEMICONDUCOTR DEVICE | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17710773 | RUGGED LDMOS WITH FIELD PLATE | March 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17702227 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | March 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17701712 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FIN-TYPE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692625 | MEMORY DEVICE | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner AHMED, SHAHED.
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 50.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner AHMED, SHAHED works in Art Unit 2813 and has examined 636 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.
Examiner AHMED, SHAHED's allowance rate of 94.8% places them in the 85% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by AHMED, SHAHED receive 1.08 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.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by AHMED, SHAHED is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 89% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -1.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by AHMED, SHAHED. This interview benefit is in the 7% 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.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 33.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 66% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 64.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 86% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 33.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 3% percentile among all examiners. 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 30.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 22% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 22% 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 28% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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