Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17139722 | DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING LIGHT | December 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17137791 | Side-Solderable Leadless Package | December 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17136535 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, RESIN-ATTACHED LEAD FRAME, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | December 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17135339 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH METAL GATE STACK | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17135313 | VERTICAL FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR LATE GATE RECESS PROCESS WITH IMPROVED INTER-LAYER DIELECTRIC PROTECTION | December 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17134573 | HIGHLY SYMMETRIC INTEGRATED INDUCTOR | December 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17113533 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH NEGATIVE CAPACITANCE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17057842 | HERMETIC PACKAGE COMPRISING A GETTER, PART COMPRISING SUCH A HERMETIC PACKAGE, AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING PROCESS | November 2020 | November 2022 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17089147 | HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR (HEMT) HAVING AN INDIUM-CONTAINING LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | November 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17083485 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | October 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17083471 | POWER ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY HAVING STAGGERED AND DIAGONALLY ARRANGED TRANSISTORS | October 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17078247 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS | October 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17077383 | FinFET Structures and Methods of Forming the Same | October 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17074532 | FinFET Device and Method of Forming and Monitoring Quality of the Same | October 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17067178 | DUAL CIRCUIT DIGITAL ISOLATOR | October 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17066421 | ENCLOSED CAVITY STRUCTURES | October 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17064570 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISSIPATING HEAT WITH MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM | October 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17060445 | Planarizing Process and Composition | October 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17038904 | DIELECTRIC MONOLAYER THIN FILM, CAPACITOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE EACH INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE DIELECTRIC MONOLAYER THIN FILM | September 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16948575 | VERTICAL CROSS-POINT ARRAYS FOR ULTRA-HIGH-DENSITY MEMORY APPLICATIONS | September 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17027495 | IMAGING IN CURVED ARRAYS: METHODS TO PRODUCE FREE-FORMED CURVED DETECTORS | September 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17025958 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR | September 2020 | September 2022 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17021805 | Thermal Management System for Multi-Chip-Module and Associated Methods | September 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17021630 | MEMS HERMETIC SEAL APPARATUS AND METHODS | September 2020 | August 2022 | Abandon | 23 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17016099 | MEMS WITH SMALL-MOLECULE BARRICADE | September 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17002946 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RADIATION FIN | August 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17001282 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | August 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16999020 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING SENSOR MEASUREMENTS | August 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15733527 | METHOD OF REDUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE SURFACE UNEVENNESS | August 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16996130 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT STRUCTURE | August 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16991853 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE OPTICAL SENSOR | August 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16989231 | CRYSTALLIZATION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES COMPRISING MULTIPLE THIN FILMS | August 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16989187 | CHARGE CONTROLLED CLAMP FOR MEMS READOUT CIRCUITS | August 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16968358 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE HAVING INCLINED OPTICAL WINDOWS, AND CORRESPONDING MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE | August 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16983470 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | August 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16945454 | HIGH-VOLTAGE SOLID-STATE TRANSDUCERS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | July 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16966424 | METHODS FOR GROUP V DOPING OF PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES | July 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16934981 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT | July 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16934902 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | July 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16933676 | Semiconductor Die Singulation and Structures Formed Thereby | July 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16929234 | GENERATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES ON A HIGHLY DOPED P-TYPE III-V SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE | July 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16929376 | SEGMENTED STRESS DECOUPLING VIA FRONTSIDE TRENCHING | July 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16925267 | SEED LAYER FOR FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | July 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16919560 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | July 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16910084 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | June 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16908117 | METHOD OF FORMING A BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR WITH A VERTICAL COLLECTOR CONTACT | June 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16906015 | LOCALIZED CATALYST FOR ENHANCED THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL HEAT TRANSFER | June 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16769693 | OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE PHOTODETECTOR | June 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16892263 | SILICON INTERPOSER FOR CAPACITIVE COUPLING OF PHOTODIODE ARRAYS | June 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16769120 | A MULTI-LAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC-CONTAINING STRUCTURE | June 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16768737 | Heat Sink for an Electronic Component | June 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 42 | 8 | 0 | No | No |
| 16885914 | MEMS DEVICE | May 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16884241 | PEELING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FLEXIBLE DEVICE | May 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16883497 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS | May 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16880592 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY PANEL | May 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16879988 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | May 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 8 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16764498 | SHORT-WAVE INFRARED DETECTOR ARRAY AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREOF | May 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16764699 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL | May 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15930687 | RESIN MOLDING, SURFACE MOUNTED LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | May 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16867092 | SEAMLESS GAP FILL | May 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16867218 | METHOD OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | May 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16866565 | BONDING METHOD OF PACKAGE COMPONENTS AND BONDING APPARATUS | May 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16862447 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | April 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16852601 | HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND AMPLIFIER | April 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16755457 | NANO-SCALE SINGLE CRYSTAL THIN FILM | April 2020 | August 2022 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16843909 | DISPLAY APPARATUS | April 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16843589 | Organic Light Emitting Display Device, Head Mounted Display Including the Same and Method of Fabricating the Same | April 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16842591 | OVERHANGING DEVICE STRUCTURES AND RELATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | April 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16840489 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION METHOD | April 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16836063 | MAGNETIC STORAGE ELEMENT | March 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 24 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16836770 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) PROTECTION IN STACKED CHIPS | March 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16830648 | CAPACITOR STRUCTURE | March 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16830297 | SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, AND LEVEL DIFFERENT JIG | March 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16826323 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER | March 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16826196 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION MODULE, FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION MODULE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | March 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16649285 | Tape For Interconnecting Single Solar Cells Into Solar Cell Modules | March 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16823678 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | March 2020 | August 2020 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16823449 | MEMS DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | March 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16819833 | Photoelectric Sensor and Manufacturing Method Thereof | March 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16818155 | ANODE STRUCTURE, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | March 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16814804 | MULTILAYER PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, MULTILAYER PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AS WELL AS PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION APPARATUS | March 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16644297 | THERMAL STRUCTURES FOR DISSIPATING HEAT AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF | March 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16809446 | INTEGRATED DECOUPLING CAPACITORS | March 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16643961 | SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER MANUFACTURING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY BEAM DETECTING ELEMENT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER | March 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16805852 | STEP MOTOR | March 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16643825 | AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | March 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16804952 | BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR DEVICE WITH PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL POSITIONED ADJACENT THERETO | February 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16643033 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MODIFYING FILM DEPOSITION POSITION | February 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16802465 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | February 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16798536 | Package for a Multi-Chip Power Semiconductor Device | February 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16796583 | ULTRASENSITIVE PHOTODETECTORS | February 2020 | October 2022 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16795425 | EXPOSURE MASK AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY USING THE SAME | February 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16794203 | FABRICATION OF SUPERCONDUCTOR WIRE | February 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16791436 | FABRICATION OF MAGNETIC NANOWIRE FOR MAJORANA QUBITS | February 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16638056 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT PRODUCTION METHOD | February 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16784619 | METHOD FOR PLANARIZATION OF SPIN-ON AND CVD-DEPOSITED ORGANIC FILMS | February 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16783692 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH P-N-P JUNCTION AND VERTICALLY ALIGNED FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, AND METHOD TO FORM SAME | February 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16636692 | SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE AND ARRAY OF SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES | February 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16781932 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHOD | February 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16779732 | CHARGE INJECTION LAYER AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION AS WELL AS ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRONIC ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION | February 2020 | October 2020 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P.
With a 27.3% 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.
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, 21.9% 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.
⚠ 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 SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P works in Art Unit 2826 and has examined 1,056 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P's allowance rate of 73.3% places them in the 39% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P receive 2.02 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 49% 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 SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P. This interview benefit is in the 19% 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, 23.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 36% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 34.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 10.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 25% 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 63.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 57.9% 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, 43.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 34% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 69% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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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