USPTO Examiner FORTIN RYAN TIMOTHY - Art Unit 2897

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19233197DISPLAY UNIT, DISPLAY MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY UNITJune 2025October 2025Allow400NoNo
18198620Crystallographically-oriented Metallic Films with Two-dimensional Crystal LayersMay 2023June 2025Allow2510NoNo
18188821MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEMarch 2023February 2025Allow2310YesNo
18024627SUBSTRATE STRIPPING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE BY IRRADIATING ALGANMarch 2023July 2025Allow2820NoNo
18108084THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THIN FILM TRANSISTORFebruary 2023January 2026Abandon3521NoNo
18161681METHODS OF FORMING SILICON GERMANIUM STRUCTURESJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3230NoNo
18097722GRADED SUPERLATTICE STRUCTURE FOR GATE ALL AROUND DEVICESJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2510YesNo
18009424SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
17969768JUNCTION FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORSOctober 2022May 2025Allow3120YesNo
17962577SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICESOctober 2022September 2025Allow3610YesNo
17931664MRAM WITH DOPED SILICON-GERMANIUM-TIN ALLOY ELECTRODESSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510YesNo
17931690LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE HAVING THE SAMESeptember 2022October 2025Allow3710NoNo
17931319DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS ACROSS ACTIVE REGION FOR STRONGER VIA TO BACKSIDE POWER RAILSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3710NoNo
17896707ELECTRONIC CHIP WITH CONTACTSAugust 2022July 2025Allow3511YesNo
17897056SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEAugust 2022March 2026Abandon4211NoNo
17895682NMOS DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITAugust 2022August 2025Abandon3620NoNo
17889361ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFAugust 2022September 2025Abandon3720NoNo
17889390METHOD FOR FORMING AN EPITAXIAL LAYER WITH BETTER QUALITYAugust 2022July 2025Allow3520NoNo
17820156Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming Package with Double-Sided Integrated Passive DeviceAugust 2022June 2025Allow3410NoNo
17816785METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTUREAugust 2022July 2025Allow3611NoNo
17813956SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH CAPPING MEMBER CONTAINING OXYNITRIDE LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOFJuly 2022September 2025Allow3821NoNo
17813818ELECTRONIC DEVICES COMPRISING AN OXIDE FILL REGION, AND RELATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND METHODSJuly 2022October 2025Allow3911NoNo
17865395APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATEJuly 2022July 2025Allow3610NoNo
17862087METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH PASSING GATEJuly 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17859038UNDERFILL CUSHION FILMS FOR PACKAGING SUBSTRATES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAMEJuly 2022July 2025Allow3611YesNo
17855782SEMICONDUCTOR MODULEJune 2022May 2025Allow3410NoNo
17853205SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING CONNECTING PADSJune 2022March 2026Allow4411NoNo
17786893SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION OF ELECTRONIC AND OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICESJune 2022September 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17840167SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJune 2022March 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17840096SENSING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SENSING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2022June 2025Allow3611NoNo
17840056DISPLAY MODULE WITH ENCAPSULATED COLOR CONVERSION LAYER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMEJune 2022September 2025Allow3920YesNo
17838304METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATEJune 2022February 2025Allow3210YesNo
17837724METHODS FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES HAVING TRANSISTOR ARRAYS WITH DIFFERENT PITCHESJune 2022October 2025Allow4021YesNo
17805732MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE FORMING A THROUGH VIA WITH BARRIER LAYER HEAT TREATMENTS AND A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE INCLUDING A THROUGH VIA FORMED BY THE MANUFACTURING METHODJune 2022September 2025Abandon4020NoNo
17834520DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THERMAL CONTROL STRUCTURES INCLUDING PRINTED LAYERJune 2022July 2025Allow3711NoNo
17833058SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEJune 2022April 2025Allow3520YesNo
17832669TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAMEJune 2022January 2025Allow3110YesNo
17828501ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT SOURCE INCLUDING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) PACKAGE WITH WATERPROOF COATING LAYERMay 2022February 2025Allow3310YesNo
17804339ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2022March 2025Allow3411NoNo
17752461METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESMay 2022May 2025Allow3611YesNo
17442796SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAMEMay 2022October 2025Allow4830YesNo
17777893Optical Receiving Device with a Waveguide Core and Method of Manufacturing the SameMay 2022January 2025Allow3201NoNo
17747039DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING CONNECTED CATHODES WITH PERIOD-BASED POWER AND DRIVING SIGNALS AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAMEMay 2022October 2025Allow4111YesNo
17741687INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH EMBEDDED LAYERSMay 2022June 2025Abandon3720NoNo
17739795GERMANIUM TIN OXIDE-CONTAINING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAMEMay 2022April 2025Allow3511YesNo
17733132Chip Package on Package Structure, Packaging Method Thereof, and Electronic DeviceApril 2022May 2025Allow3611NoNo
17733899µ-LED, µ-LED DEVICE, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR THE SAMEApril 2022October 2025Allow4111NoNo
17755332LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAMEApril 2022May 2025Allow3630NoNo
17772195DISPLAY UNIT, DISPLAY MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY UNITApril 2022March 2025Allow3411NoNo
17762654LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR, AND LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2022March 2025Allow3611NoNo
17635382MIRROR-DRIVING MECHANISM AND OPTICAL MODULEFebruary 2022April 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17582038SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3610NoNo
17485331INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH TUNGSTEN INTERCONNECT LINERSSeptember 2021September 2025Allow4720NoNo
17484486METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE DEFECTS IN INTERCONNECTS BETWEEN SEMICONDCUTOR DIES AND PACKAGE SUBSTRATESSeptember 2021February 2025Allow4110YesNo
17472081LOCAL BRIDGE-LAST ARCHITECTURE FOR HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATION APPLICATIONSSeptember 2021January 2026Abandon5220NoNo
17593034SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAMESeptember 2021December 2024Allow4020NoNo
17458097GALLIUM NITRIDE (GAN) SELECTIVE EPITAXIAL WINDOWS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGYAugust 2021January 2025Allow4110NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner FORTIN, RYAN TIMOTHY - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner FORTIN, RYAN TIMOTHY works in Art Unit 2897 and has examined 6 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 47 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner FORTIN, RYAN TIMOTHY's allowance rate of 83.3% places them in the 57% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by FORTIN, RYAN TIMOTHY receive 1.83 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 42% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by FORTIN, RYAN TIMOTHY is 47 months. This places the examiner in the 9% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +25.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FORTIN, RYAN TIMOTHY. This interview benefit is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 50.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 97% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 100.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 99% 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.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 34% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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

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