USPTO Examiner HOQUE MOHAMMAD M - Art Unit 2817

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18758926FIN FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAMEJune 2024April 2025Allow900NoNo
18751953SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH NANOSTRUCTUREJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18638120Semiconductor Devices Having Funnel-Shaped Gate StructuresApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18622981ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANELMarch 2024February 2025Allow4610NoNo
18590747FILLING OPENINGS BY COMBINING NON-FLOWABLE AND FLOWABLE PROCESSESFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18443297SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING TRANSISTOR INCLUDING HORIZONTAL GATE STRUCTURE AND VERTICAL CHANNEL LAYER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18423738INDEPENDENT CONTROL OF STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18395918GROUND-CONNECTED SUPPORTS WITH INSULATING SPACERS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CAPACITORS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAMEDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18504344POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH REDUCED STRAINNovember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18380616SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SHALLOW TRENCH ISOLATION HAVING MULTI-STACKED LAYERS AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAMEOctober 2023November 2024Allow1311NoNo
18484710SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH IMPROVED BREAKDOWN VOLTAGEOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18475977METHOD FOR PREPARING A SURFACE FOR DIRECT-BONDINGSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1711NoNo
18453717SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SEMICONDUCTOR MESAS BETWEEN ADJACENT GATE TRENCHESAugust 2023July 2024Allow1111NoNo
18232640MOON-SHAPED BOTTOM SPACER FOR VERTICAL TRANSPORT FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (VTFET) DEVICESAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18361566HYBRID ISOLATION REGIONS HAVING UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS WITH SEAMSJuly 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18358282Radiation Hardened High Voltage Superjunction MOSFETJuly 2023October 2024Allow1530NoNo
18355494PIZOELECTRIC MEMS DEVICE WITH ELECTRODES HAVING LOW SURFACE ROUGHNESSJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18220989Vertical Power Semiconductor Device and Manufacturing MethodJuly 2023October 2024Allow1520NoNo
18221285HYBRID HIGH-K DIELECTRIC MATERIAL FILM STACKS COMPRISING ZIRCONIUM OXIDE UTILIZED IN DISPLAY DEVICESJuly 2023April 2024Allow910YesNo
18209559SHIFT REGISTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOFJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18314850BOTTOM SOURCE/DRAIN ETCH WITH FIN-CUT-LAST-VTFETMay 2023April 2024Allow1211YesNo
18308937PATTERNING METHODS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESApril 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18136984SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH CAPPING CONDUCTIVE LAYER ON AN ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAMEApril 2023February 2025Allow2211YesNo
18134509DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING A PAD WHERE A DRIVING CHIP IS MOUNTEDApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18183276STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY USING VERTICAL TRANSPORT FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORSMarch 2023February 2024Allow1110YesNo
18176427METHOD OF FORMING VIAS IN A GaN/DIAMOND WAFERFebruary 2023November 2024Allow2110NoNo
18088467FILLING OPENINGS BY COMBINING NON-FLOWABLE AND FLOWABLE PROCESSESDecember 2022January 2024Allow1311NoNo
18080933SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODESDecember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
18077790HIGH VOLTAGE EDGE TERMINATION STRUCTURE FOR POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESDecember 2022August 2024Allow2130NoNo
18077731HIGH VOLTAGE EDGE TERMINATION STRUCTURE FOR POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022May 2024Allow1721NoNo
18077670HIGH VOLTAGE EDGE TERMINATION STRUCTURE FOR POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022July 2024Allow2030NoNo
18063086UP-DIFFUSION SUPPRESSION IN A POWER MOSFETDecember 2022January 2024Allow1301NoNo
18062524CHARGE-BALANCE POWER DEVICE, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE CHARGE-BALANCE POWER DEVICEDecember 2022May 2024Allow1820YesNo
18060972MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEDecember 2022June 2023Allow600NoNo
18071168VERTICAL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (VFET) STRUCTURE WITH DIELECTRIC PROTECTION LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMENovember 2022August 2023Allow910YesNo
17966817PRECISE BOTTOM JUNCTION FORMATION FOR VERTICAL TRANSPORT FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH HIGHLY DOPED EPITAXIAL SOURCE/DRAIN, SHARP JUNCTION GRADIENT, AND/OR REDUCED PARASITIC CAPACITANCEOctober 2022May 2024Allow1910YesNo
18046791SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SPACER OF GRADUALLY CHANGED THICKNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEOctober 2022March 2023Allow500NoNo
18046780SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SPACER OF GRADUALLY CHANGED THICKNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17936202VERTICAL-TRANSPORT FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH BACKSIDE GATE CONTACTSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17933142SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WITH NANOWIRE STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3311NoNo
17903644LOCAL ENLARGED VIA-TO-BACKSIDE POWER RAILSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17901416MANAFACTURING METHOD FOR POWER MOSFET SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH IMPROVED BREAKDOWN VOLTAGESeptember 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17895299VERTICAL FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH ISOLATION PILLARSAugust 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17886496DISPLAY DEVICEAugust 2022March 2024Allow1910NoNo
17884090ULTRA-SHALLOW DOPANT AND OHMIC CONTACT REGIONS BY SOLID STATE DIFFUSIONAugust 2022May 2025Allow3410NoNo
17881926Semiconductor Device Including Insulated Gate Bipolar TransistorAugust 2022October 2024Allow2631NoYes
17815396INDEPENDENT CONTROL OF STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJuly 2022October 2023Allow1500NoNo
17874281METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING ETCHING POLYSILICONJuly 2022February 2024Allow1810NoNo
17813862Formation of Hybrid Isolation Regions Through Recess and Re-DepositionJuly 2022July 2023Allow1200NoNo
17869586Methods Used In Forming Memory Arrays Having Strings of Memory CellsJuly 2022June 2025Allow3511NoNo
17866803METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH NANOSTRUCTUREJuly 2022March 2024Allow2010NoNo
17866603SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTUREJuly 2022July 2024Allow2430YesNo
17866986SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING GATE STRUCTURES WITH SLANTED SIDEWALLSJuly 2022January 2024Allow1810NoNo
17811588METHOD FOR FORMING GATE METAL STRUCTURE HAVING PORTIONS WITH DIFFERENT HEIGHTSJuly 2022May 2023Allow1010NoNo
17848481LAYOUT STRUCTURE OF FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARDJune 2022April 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17839682SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJune 2022August 2023Allow1410NoNo
17838780INTEGRATED MEMS ELECTROSTATIC MICRO-SPEAKER DEVICE AND METHODJune 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17783624SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJune 2022September 2024Allow2700NoNo
17830874VERTICAL TUNNELING FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH ENHANCED CURRENT CONFINEMENTJune 2022October 2024Allow2901NoNo
17804491Radiation Hardened High Voltage Superjunction MOSFETMay 2022June 2023Allow1211NoNo
17738049CONTACT STRUCTURE FOR TRANSISTOR DEVICESMay 2022August 2023Allow1511NoNo
17729728SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEApril 2022July 2023Allow1511NoNo
17727091SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICEApril 2022July 2023Abandon1510NoNo
17726536METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOSFET HAVING A SEMICONDUCTOR BASE SUBSTRATE WITH A SUPER JUNCTION STRUCTUREApril 2022September 2023Allow1720NoNo
17725015SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKINGApril 2022June 2025Allow3821NoNo
17721236THIN FILM TUNNEL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS HAVING RELATIVELY INCREASED WIDTHApril 2022April 2023Allow1210NoNo
17716555Power Semiconductor Device Having a Control Cell for Controlling a Load CurrentApril 2022May 2024Allow2511NoNo
17712750SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH METAL SILICIDE LAYERApril 2022January 2025Allow3301NoNo
17705540Methods Of Forming Epitaxial Source/Drain Features In Semiconductor DevicesMarch 2022July 2024Allow2830NoNo
17704109SHIFT REGISTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOFMarch 2022September 2023Abandon1810NoNo
17656277TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE WITH MULTI-LAYER FIELD PLATE AND RELATED METHODMarch 2022September 2024Allow3011YesNo
17700853Semiconductor Circuit with Metal Structure and Manufacturing MethodMarch 2022March 2023Allow1210NoNo
17697400VERTICAL CHANNEL TRANSISTOR INCLUDING A GRAPHENE INSERTION LAYER BEWEEEN A SOURCE/DRAIN ELECTRODE AND A CHANNEL PATTERNMarch 2022April 2025Allow3710YesNo
17695207SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A TRENCH STRUCTURE HAVING A TRENCH DIELECTRIC STRUCTURE WITH A GAPMarch 2022March 2025Allow3630NoNo
17685896SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEMarch 2022January 2025Allow3411NoNo
17681853SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICEFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3101NoNo
17681019BOND ENHANCEMENT STRUCTURE IN MICROELECTRONICS FOR TRAPPING CONTAMINANTS DURING DIRECT-BONDING PROCESSESFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2410NoNo
17651606SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST FOUR SEMICONDUCTOR REGIONSFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17674422Ferroelectric Random Access Memory Devices and MethodsFebruary 2022May 2023Allow1400NoNo
17636284ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIALFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110YesNo
17670521METHOD OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSISTOR HAVING AN EPITAXIAL CHANNEL LAYERFebruary 2022January 2023Allow1110NoNo
17671533SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING VERTICAL CELL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAMEFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3611YesNo
17669309SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRODES AND AN INSULATION FILMFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3411NoNo
17632286Semiconductor Device and Junction Edge Region ThereofFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2710NoNo
17586680INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES WITH CAVITIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3031NoNo
17585284SEMICONDUCTOR PROTECTION DEVICEJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2501NoNo
17648732SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTUREJanuary 2022December 2022Allow1111NoNo
17581557SWITCHING CELL WITH DIRECT CONTACT TO FIXED RESISTOR ELEMENTJanuary 2022April 2025Allow3910NoNo
17577236Power Semiconductor Device Having Elevated Source Regions and Recessed Body RegionsJanuary 2022September 2023Allow2011NoNo
17570310OPTICAL FILTERS AND ASSOCIATED IMAGING DEVICESJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1400NoNo
17569897FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH VERTICAL NANOWIRE IN CHANNEL REGION AND BOTTOM SPACER BETWEEN THE VERTICAL NANOWIRE AND GATE DIELECTRIC MATERIALJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3211YesNo
17567696Semiconductor Memory DeviceJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3111NoNo
17621486MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUPER-JUNCTION DEVICEDecember 2021January 2024Allow2500NoNo
17551686SELF-ALIGNED GATE CONTACT FOR VTFETSDecember 2021July 2024Allow3221YesNo
17550959DUAL SILICIDE WRAP-AROUND CONTACTS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESDecember 2021November 2024Abandon3530NoNo
17545074Contact and Isolation in Monolithically Stacked VTFETDecember 2021March 2024Allow2711YesNo
17617276LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING A LIGHT-EMITTING LAYER CONTAINING QUANTUM DOTSDecember 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17539431MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PILLAR-SHAPED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEDecember 2021May 2024Allow6011NoNo
17540224BONDED UNIFIED SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS AND FABRICATION AND OPERATION METHODS THEREOFDecember 2021November 2022Allow1200NoNo
17456947WRAP-AROUND-CONTACT FOR 2D-CHANNEL GATE-ALL-AROUND FIELD-EFFECT-TRANSISTORSNovember 2021December 2023Allow2511YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
0
(0.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(100.0%)
Reversal Percentile
94.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 100.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
23
Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(26.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(73.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
34.8%
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, 26.1% 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 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M works in Art Unit 2817 and has examined 693 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 22 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M's allowance rate of 85.0% places them in the 56% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M receive 1.74 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M is 22 months. This places the examiner in the 81% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M. This interview benefit is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 72% 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 22.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 22% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 133.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 89.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 76.5% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 51.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 54% 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 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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.