Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18866425 | MOSFET DEVICE | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18651586 | CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | April 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18649522 | INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | April 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18648814 | CMOS IMAGE SENSORS | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18589513 | CHIP PACKAGE WITH FAN-OUT FEATURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18419987 | ANNEALED SEED LAYER TO IMPROVE FERROELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF MEMORY LAYER | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18415503 | TRENCH SCHOTTKY BARRIER RECTIFIER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18529505 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL, NEUROMORPHIC CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE NEUROMORPHIC CIRCUIT | December 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18520518 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18519205 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | November 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18373392 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18470224 | DISPLAY APPARATUS | September 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18238534 | HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279063 | DISPLAY PANEL | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18237075 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS | August 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18452823 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18446572 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH PASSIVATION LAYER FOR DARK CURRENT REDUCTION | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18365154 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18361989 | TRENCH FORMATION SCHEME FOR PROGRAMMABLE METALLIZATION CELL TO PREVENT METAL REDEPOSIT | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18228093 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BACK SURFACE INCIDENT TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTO DETECTION ELEMENT | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18225798 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18220861 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18347117 | BACKSIDE ILLUMINATION IMAGE SENSORS | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214736 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | June 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18342620 | SHORT-WAVE INFRARED SPECTRUM DETECTOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18327978 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18326015 | DISPLAY DEVICE | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324638 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | May 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18198384 | IMAGE SENSOR INTENDED TO BE ILLUMINATED VIA A BACK SIDE, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR ACQUIRING A LIGHT FLUX | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18196090 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE THEREOF | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18311701 | MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING PILLAR-SHAPED SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18139493 | DISPLAY DEVICE | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18130677 | METHOD FOR PREPARING DISPLAY SUBSTRATE | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18185966 | IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, STACKED IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, AND SOLID IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS | March 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18162703 | ELECTRO-STATIC PROTECTION STRUCTURE, SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIER AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18103227 | REDUCING LOSS IN STACKED QUANTUM DEVICES | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18006418 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18158452 | CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156712 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095728 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092089 | VERTICAL TRANSISTORS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18088642 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18079702 | DISPLAY STACK WITH INTEGRATED PHOTODETECTORS | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18061233 | IMAGING DEVICE | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18072885 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18059492 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES | November 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18059338 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES WITH NON-COLLAPSED FINS AND METHODS OF TREATING THE FINS TO PREVENT FIN COLLAPSE | November 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18059312 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING CONTACT STRUCTURES COMMONLY CONNECTED TO ONE OR MORE CONDUCTIVE LINES | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17926706 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990898 | BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR ARRAYS | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17979183 | METHOD FOR CO-MANUFACTURING A FERROELECTRIC MEMORY AND AN OxRAM RESISTIVE MEMORY AND DEVICE CO-INTEGRATING A FERROELECTRIC MEMORY AND AN OxRAM RESISTIVE MEMORY | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18051758 | DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | November 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17964108 | IMAGING DEVICE, STACKED IMAGING DEVICE, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS | October 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17938682 | IMAGING DEVICE | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17958806 | WRAP-AROUND MEMORY CIRCUIT | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17936960 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | September 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17936832 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR FORMING SAME AND LAYOUT STRUCTURE | September 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17956127 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH PERIPHERAL GATE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17954480 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR FORMING SAME AND LAYOUT STRUCTURE | September 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17950992 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | September 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17947172 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 22 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17940464 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | September 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17885479 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | August 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17882012 | ANNEALED SEED LAYER TO IMPROVE FERROELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF MEMORY LAYER | August 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17878647 | Semiconductor Device Packages and Methods of Forming the Same | August 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17877214 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BACK SURFACE INCIDENT TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTO DETECTION ELEMENT | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17877384 | DISPLAY DEVICE | July 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17876240 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING INTERPOSER SUBSTRATE, AND STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE SAME | July 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17873921 | METHOD OF TESTING WAFER | July 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17841668 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17805966 | MEMORY AND MEMORY FORMING METHOD | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17833100 | Singulation and Bonding Methods and Structures Formed Thereby | June 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17832609 | EPITAXIAL FEATURES IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17805201 | MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES, RELATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF FORMING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17829562 | PLANARIZATION-LESS PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL SWITCH | June 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17828264 | MEMORY DEVICE WITH AIR GAPS FOR REDUCING CAPACITIVE COUPLING | May 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17829065 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | May 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826708 | CMOS IMAGE SENSORS | May 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17748601 | TRENCH FORMATION SCHEME FOR PROGRAMMABLE METALLIZATION CELL TO PREVENT METAL REDEPOSIT | May 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17744843 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH A LOW-K SPACER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | May 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17663066 | PROCESSING METHOD OF WAFER | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17741245 | NANOWIRE ARCHITECTURE FOR MICRO-DISPLAYS | May 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 45 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17737851 | Forming Low-Resistance Capping Layer Over Metal Gate Electrode | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17737640 | INVERTED CROSS-COUPLE FOR TOP-TIER FET FOR MULTI-TIER GATE-ON-GATE 3DI | May 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17660939 | MEMORY CELL FORMATION IN THREE DIMENSIONAL MEMORY ARRAYS USING ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION | April 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17729260 | HYBRID IMAGE SENSORS HAVING OPTICAL AND SHORT-WAVE INFRARED PIXELS INTEGRATED THEREIN | April 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17723535 | GATE STRUCTURES AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME | April 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17658708 | Gate Resistance Reduction Through Low-Resistivity Conductive Layer | April 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17658636 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | April 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17705416 | HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR | March 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17698523 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH PROGRAMMABLE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | March 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17689890 | Display Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same | March 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17684955 | EPITAXIALLY INTEGRATED PROTECTION DIODES FOR MONOCHROMATIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DIODES | March 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17638660 | Semiconductor Chip and Method for Producing a Semiconductor Chip | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17652485 | DUMMY PATTERN STRUCTURE FOR REDUCING DISHING | February 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17677335 | Quality Detection Method and Apparatus | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17675904 | LIGHT EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT USING POROUS GAN | February 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17673636 | TRANSISTOR WITH INTEGRATED PASSIVE COMPONENTS | February 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17671917 | INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | February 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17671311 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE | February 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PARK, SAMUEL.
With a 40.0% 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, 40.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ 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 PARK, SAMUEL works in Art Unit 2818 and has examined 430 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner PARK, SAMUEL's allowance rate of 83.0% places them in the 56% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by PARK, SAMUEL receive 1.92 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PARK, SAMUEL is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 73% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +35.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PARK, SAMUEL. This interview benefit is in the 84% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 64% 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 21.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 27% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 13% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 58.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 14.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 31.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 19% 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 0.2% 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 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 62% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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