USPTO Examiner RODRIGUEZ VILLANU SANDRA MILENA - Art Unit 2898

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18896610METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IMPROVED SIC-SUBSTRATES AND SIC-EPILAYERSSeptember 2024September 2025Allow1121NoNo
18674953SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTUREMay 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18669156RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING A GROUND PLANE LAYER HAVING A SUPERLATTICEMay 2024May 2025Allow1210YesNo
18668816INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTUREMay 2024December 2025Allow1811NoNo
18652094Semiconductor Component Including an Electronic Component Based on Polycrystalline SiliconMay 2024July 2025Allow1520NoNo
18632810IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAMEApril 2024May 2025Allow1330YesNo
18328037SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFJune 2023January 2026Allow3201NoNo
18135315Method for Forming SiGe ChannelApril 2023February 2026Abandon3420NoNo
18133242SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEApril 2023April 2025Allow2411NoNo
18181415PROCESS FOR WORKING A WAFER OF 4H-SIC MATERIAL TO FORM A 3C-SIC LAYER IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE 4H-SIC MATERIALMarch 2023March 2025Allow2410NoNo
18022052METHOD FOR GROWING A SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY AND SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLYFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2920NoNo
18166752SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3610NoNo
18107990Semiconductor Device and Fabricating Method ThereofFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3511NoNo
18019828METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEFebruary 2023July 2025Allow3020YesNo
18152205SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18093653METHOD OF FORMING PN JUNCTION INCLUDING TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE, METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATED BY THE SAMEJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3411YesNo
18090899THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAMEDecember 2022February 2026Allow3811YesNo
18083579PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022February 2026Allow3821YesNo
18077375SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING PROTECTIVE LAYER ON SIDEWALL OF CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022September 2025Allow3421NoNo
17987981Multispectral Imaging CMOS SensorNovember 2022March 2026Allow3920NoNo
18055200THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAMENovember 2022December 2025Allow3811YesNo
18054730THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMENovember 2022September 2025Allow3510YesNo
18051914METHOD OF VERTICAL GROWTH OF A III-V MATERIALNovember 2022October 2025Allow3611NoNo
17977089PRECISION FABRICATION OF PATTERNED SHAPES ON SILICON WAFERS WITH ULTRA-ABSORBENT BLACK SILICONOctober 2022July 2025Allow3210NoNo
18049297SOURCE/DRAIN CONTACT AT TIGHT CELL BOUNDARYOctober 2022October 2025Allow3620YesNo
17957035TRENCH GATE NMOS TRANSISTOR AND TRENCH GATE PMOS TRANSISTOR MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED IN SAME SEMICONDUCTOR DIESeptember 2022February 2026Allow4111NoNo
17943427SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESeptember 2022November 2025Allow3811NoNo
17903179METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENTSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3710YesNo
17902838L-TYPE WORDLINE CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORYSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3711NoNo
17901405SAG NANOWIRE GROWTH WITH ION IMPLANTATIONSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2100NoNo
17901195THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAMESeptember 2022August 2025Allow3610YesNo
17891064THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAMEAugust 2022March 2026Allow4331NoNo
17889831SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAMEAugust 2022September 2025Allow3710NoNo
17875432FABRICATION METHOD AND STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJuly 2022November 2024Abandon2810NoNo
17812966SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJuly 2022August 2025Allow3710YesNo
17792404METAL JOINTED BODY, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, WAVE GUIDE TUBE, AND METHOD FOR JOINING MEMBERS TO BE JOINEDJuly 2022June 2025Allow3610NoNo
17758580LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENT, IMAGING ELEMENT, AND IMAGING DEVICEJuly 2022November 2025Abandon4010NoNo
17857017Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Process, Device, and MethodJuly 2022April 2025Allow3410NoNo
17855953NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTJuly 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17789786NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJune 2022November 2025Abandon4101NoNo
17845308THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAMEJune 2022September 2025Allow3911YesNo
17756587SUPPORTING COMPONENT AND DISPLAY DEVICEMay 2022February 2025Allow3310NoNo
17752473SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOFMay 2022May 2024Allow2421YesNo
17750402SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEMay 2022April 2025Allow3511NoNo
17730715SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPSApril 2022June 2025Allow3820YesNo
17719586INTEGRATED INDUCTOR INCLUDING MULTI-COMPONENT VIA LAYER INDUCTOR ELEMENTApril 2022June 2025Allow3820NoNo
17765778DISPLAY ASSEMBLY, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICEMarch 2022February 2025Allow3510NoNo
17701091TILED DISPLAY DEVICEMarch 2022June 2025Allow3820YesNo
17760722ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BODY, POWER CONVERTER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BODYMarch 2022August 2025Allow4111NoNo
17693637METHOD FOR MODIFYING A STRAIN STATE OF AT LEAST ONE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERMarch 2022July 2024Allow2821NoNo
17653305RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING A GROUND PLANE LAYER HAVING A SUPERLATTICEMarch 2022February 2024Allow2330YesNo
17638832TRANSPARENT DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUSFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3810NoNo
17680272COLOR CONVERSION DISPLAY WITH POLARIZED EMISSION ENHANCEMENTFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3310NoNo
17638169LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAMEFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3720NoNo
17637597LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND METHOD OF FORMING A LIGHT EMITTING DIODEFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3310YesNo
17678580METHOD OF PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTFebruary 2022January 2024Allow2321YesNo
17672733SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2931NoNo
17669853DISPLAY DEVICEFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3511NoNo
17650712SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3421YesNo
17668793VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED SWITCHING DEVICE WITH CHANNEL REGIONFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3310NoNo
17667667SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH PROTECTION LAYER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3031NoNo
17667813SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH PROTECTION LAYERFebruary 2022February 2025Abandon3640NoNo
17632212HIGH DENSITY LOGIC FORMATION USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LASER ANNEALINGFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2820NoNo
17588589Technique for GaN Epitaxy on Insulating SubstratesJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3620NoNo
17584771METHOD FOR PRODUCING SIGE-BASED ZONES AT DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF GEJanuary 2022August 2023Allow1901NoNo
17648817VERTICALLY INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJanuary 2022May 2025Allow4010YesNo
17648687STRAINED SUPERLATTICEJanuary 2022November 2023Allow2111YesNo
17597699LED ARRAYS WITH DBRJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110YesNo
17574563SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAMEJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2521YesNo
17572963POWER DEVICE STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MAKINGJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1811NoNo
17571128SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING DIAMOND AND GaN-BASED FET STRUCTURESJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2311NoNo
17647195TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE WITH GATE OVER WELL BOUNDARY AND RELATED METHODS TO FORM SAMEJanuary 2022November 2023Allow2311YesNo
17621479DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAMEDecember 2021January 2025Allow3720YesNo
17556312MATERIAL GROWTH ON WIDE-BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALSDecember 2021January 2024Abandon2510NoNo
17555427METHOD OF MAKING A VERTICALLY-ALIGNED THREE DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTUREDecember 2021May 2023Allow1700NoNo
17619292DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY APPARATUSDecember 2021February 2025Allow3820NoNo
17544193Semiconductor Module and Method for Manufacturing the SameDecember 2021August 2023Allow2111NoNo
17532955LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUSNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410NoNo
17454895LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMENovember 2021November 2024Allow3611NoNo
17522861LIFT-OFF APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING FLEXIBLE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICENovember 2021December 2024Abandon3710NoNo
17522281METHOD FOR FORMING STORAGE NODE CONTACT STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURENovember 2021October 2023Allow2301NoNo
17453882GATE-ALL-AROUND NANOSHEET-FET WITH VARIABLE CHANNEL GEOMETRIES FOR PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONNovember 2021June 2025Allow4310YesNo
17454016DISPLAY DEVICENovember 2021October 2024Allow3520YesNo
17521261THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR CIRCUITNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410YesNo
17521217OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR THIN-FILM TRANSISTORNovember 2021November 2024Allow3620NoNo
17520471ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY PANEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMENovember 2021October 2024Allow3510YesNo
17514019SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAMEOctober 2021September 2024Allow3501NoNo
17509822DISPLAY PANEL, BRIGHTNESS COMPENSATION METHOD AND DISPLAYING DEVICEOctober 2021October 2024Allow3611YesNo
17492315SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOFOctober 2021June 2025Allow4521YesNo
17448157PIXEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2021April 2024Allow3101NoNo
17440276LIGHTING MODULE AND LIGHTING DEVICE COMPRISING SAMESeptember 2021August 2024Allow3520YesNo
17447861SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHODSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2721YesNo
17447495IMAGE SENSOR WITH IMPROVED COLOR ACCURACYSeptember 2021December 2024Allow3911NoNo
17471849DISPLAY DEVICESeptember 2021May 2024Allow3210NoNo
17472515DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICESeptember 2021June 2024Allow3410NoNo
17472470SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMESeptember 2021November 2023Allow2601NoNo
17461211THIN FILM TRANSISTOR BASED LIGHT SENSORAugust 2021November 2024Allow3811YesNo
17459697INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTUREAugust 2021February 2024Allow3011NoNo
17445045MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND RELATED MEMORY DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMSAugust 2021July 2024Allow3611NoNo
17393642METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEAugust 2021October 2023Allow2611YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA works in Art Unit 2898 and has examined 48 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 35 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA's allowance rate of 87.5% places them in the 67% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA receive 1.27 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 17% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA is 35 months. This places the examiner in the 40% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +20.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA. This interview benefit is in the 65% 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, 27.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 44.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 68% 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.

Petition Practice

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 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 4.8% of allowed cases (in the 80% 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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

    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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