Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18648758 | DEVICE WITH A MULTIZONE REFLECTOR HAVING A DISCREET OPENING FOR A SENSOR | April 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18648513 | METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) SUBSTRATE AND RECYCLE SUBSTRATE | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18628233 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH VERTICAL PATTERNS AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | April 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18048996 | INTERCONNECT SUBSTRATE WITH LAYERS CONSTITUTING STRIPLINE AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18046557 | INTERCONNECT SUBSTRATE HAVING GROOVE AROUND PAD | October 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17957147 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONSAL STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17939649 | FLIP-CHIP LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST ONE STACK UNIT THAT IS FREE OF GOLD | September 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17747462 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MEMORY DEVICES HAVING MULTI-PITCH CHANNEL COLUMNS THEREIN | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17738568 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING FERROELECTRIC LAYER, DIELECTRIC LAYER, AND CHARGE TRAP SITE, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | May 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17755381 | DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING BLACK MATRIX LAYER PROVIDED WITH BLACK MATRIX OPENING HAVING TRANSITIONAL CONNECTION, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | April 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17692135 | 3D MONOLITHIC STACKING MEMORY STRUCTURE WITH OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND FERROELECTRIC METAL-INSULATOR-METAL STORAGE CAPACITOR | March 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17668644 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WHEREIN AN AIR GAP IS ARRANGED IN A BASE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | February 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17665646 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING STRUCTURE FOR REDUCING LEAKAGE CURRENT | February 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17586699 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING HIGH-VOLTAGE (HV) DEVICE, MEDIUM-VOLTAGE (MV) DEVICE, AND LOW-VOLTAGE (LV) DEVICE | January 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 34 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17630275 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH ISOLATION SLOT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | January 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17648952 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE COMPRISING A GAP AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE COMPRISING A GAP | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17628671 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH STORAGE CAPACITOR HAVING DIFFERENT CARRIER MOBILITY REGIONS AND DISPLAY DEVICE | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17628390 | SUBSTRATE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | January 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17628376 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING AN ELECTRODE EXTENDING TOWARD A GATE ELECTRODE FROM A CONTACT REGION | January 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17628381 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A DRIVER CIRCUIT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PULSE OUTPUT CIRCUITS | January 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17626913 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING MULTICOLOUR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE | January 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17626055 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SUPPRESSED LEAKAGE CURRENT AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | January 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17559406 | DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY ENABLED PATTERNING OVER METAL LAYERS USING ASSISTING FEATURES | December 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17532304 | FLEXIBLE OLED DISPLAY WITH RELIEFS | November 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17454216 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING A FIRST ALIGNMENT MARK AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | November 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 46 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17520118 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A BANK PATTERN COMPRISING A SAME SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL AS A LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT | November 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17453516 | BACKSIDE METAL-INSULATOR-METAL (MIM) CAPACITORS EXTENDING THROUGH BACKSIDE INTERLAYER DIELECTRIC (BILD) LAYER OR SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER AND PARTLY THROUGH DIELECTRIC LAYER | November 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17518147 | COLOR FILTER STRUCTURE USING QUANTUM DOTS AND DISPLAY DEVICE | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17515864 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING AN INTERPOSER IN WHICH ONE OR MORE DIES ARE FORMED AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | November 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17605507 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH LIGHT-SHIELDING LAYER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | October 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17460673 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING PATTERNED FEATURES ON A SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE USING A PLASMA-ENHANCED CYCLICAL DEPOSITION PROCESS | August 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17461370 | METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) SUBSTRATE BY CLEAVING A MULTILAYER STRUCTURE ALONG VOIDS TO SEPARATE A SUBSTRATE | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17425114 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE WITH HOLE-FORMING AREAS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE | July 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17373902 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, WITH SUPPORT AND BARRIER PATTERNS IN CONNECTION REGIONS, AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | July 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17372963 | Semiconductor Heterostructure with Band Gap Control for Improved Light Emission | July 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 52 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17370912 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE INCLUDING DECOUPLING CAPACITOR CELLS AND CORRECTION CELLS AS STANDARD CELLS | July 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17359564 | Avalanche Photo-Detector With An Integrated Reflector And Method Of Making The Same | June 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17417730 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRODE PATTERNS COUPLED BY A CONNECTION PATTERN AND REPAIR METHOD THEREFOR | June 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17353277 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH POWER LINE BELOW DATA LINE | June 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17347322 | METHODS FOR FORMING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET MASK COMPRISING MAGNETIC MATERIAL | June 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17338347 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING ISOLATION DEVICE BETWEEN UNIT PIXEL BLOCKS | June 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17318306 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DUMMY STRUCTURES IN A PERIPHERAL REGION AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | May 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17317605 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS HAVING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES AND PROTECTION CIRCUITS | May 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17315248 | DISPLAY DEVICES WITH DETACHABLE BONDING AREAS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | May 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17246750 | THREE DIMENSIONAL NAND MEMORY DEVICE WITH NOVEL SUPPORT STRUCTURES | May 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17238908 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH EDGE STRUCTURE TO DECREASE LEAKAGE CURRENT | April 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17237478 | A DEVICE WITH A MULTIZONE REFLECTOR HAVING A DISCREET OPENING FOR A SENSOR | April 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17199123 | METHODS FOR REDUCTION OF PHOTORESIST DEFECT | March 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 54 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17193769 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTITION WALL, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | March 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17259523 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING CONDUCTIVE LAYER OVERLAPPING WITH PAD PORTION | January 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17121313 | TRANSISTOR CHANNEL MATERIALS WITH DOPANTS | December 2020 | November 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17047176 | IMAGING DEVICE, STACKED IMAGING DEVICE, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED ELECTRIC CHARGE TRANSFER | October 2020 | June 2024 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17047162 | IMAGING ELEMENT, LAMINATED IMAGING ELEMENT, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED CHARGE TRANSFER | October 2020 | May 2024 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
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Examiner SMITH III, BRUCE ROBERT works in Art Unit 2892 and has examined 31 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.
Examiner SMITH III, BRUCE ROBERT's allowance rate of 80.6% places them in the 51% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SMITH III, BRUCE ROBERT receive 1.97 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 SMITH III, BRUCE ROBERT is 38 months. This places the examiner in the 30% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +28.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SMITH III, BRUCE ROBERT. This interview benefit is in the 76% 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, 29.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 56% 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 25.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 34% 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 file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 5% 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 28% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 8.0% of allowed cases (in the 86% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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