USPTO Art Unit 2826 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17052847THREE-DIMENSIONAL CAPACITOR-INDUCTOR BASED ON HIGH FUNCTIONAL DENSITY THROUGH SILICON VIA STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOFMarch 2021May 2023Allow3000NoNo
17052853THROUGH SILICON VIA STRUCTURE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFMarch 2021September 2023Allow3510NoNo
17139722DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING LIGHTDecember 2020September 2023Allow3200NoNo
17247936NANOSHEET TRANSISTORS WITH WRAP AROUND CONTACTDecember 2020December 2022Allow2320NoNo
17137791Side-Solderable Leadless PackageDecember 2020July 2023Allow3030NoNo
17137862THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2020October 2023Allow3440YesNo
17138335LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICEDecember 2020April 2022Allow1610NoNo
17136776LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND BACKLIGHT UNITDecember 2020August 2023Allow3211YesNo
17136470LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUSDecember 2020August 2022Allow2010NoNo
17136385FinFET Structure with Controlled Air GapsDecember 2020June 2023Allow3010NoNo
17256952MOSFET IN SIC WITH SELF-ALIGNED LATERAL MOS CHANNELDecember 2020May 2022Allow1610NoNo
17136535LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, RESIN-ATTACHED LEAD FRAME, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEDecember 2020August 2022Allow1900NoNo
17135101DEVICE SUBSTRATE AND COLLECTIVE SUBSTRATEDecember 2020June 2023Abandon3010NoNo
17134742SEMICONDUCTOR MODULEDecember 2020November 2022Allow2310NoNo
17135436REGROWTH UNIFORMITY IN GAN VERTICAL DEVICESDecember 2020October 2023Allow3321YesNo
17134984SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A LATERAL SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROJUNCTION AND METHODDecember 2020January 2022Allow1300NoNo
17135339SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH METAL GATE STACKDecember 2020May 2023Allow2820NoNo
17135313VERTICAL FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR LATE GATE RECESS PROCESS WITH IMPROVED INTER-LAYER DIELECTRIC PROTECTIONDecember 2020November 2022Allow2210YesNo
17134573HIGHLY SYMMETRIC INTEGRATED INDUCTORDecember 2020December 2023Allow3530NoNo
17135805MAGNETIC DEVICE AND MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORYDecember 2020April 2022Allow1610NoNo
17256197ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2020August 2023Allow3200NoNo
17133896SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAMEDecember 2020October 2022Allow2220YesNo
17131952THIN-FILM DEVICEDecember 2020March 2022Allow1500NoNo
17131542Integrated Circuits with Gate Cut FeaturesDecember 2020August 2023Allow3120YesNo
17255384OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODESDecember 2020May 2023Allow2920NoNo
17254893Adhesive Tape for Semiconductor Processing and Method for Producing Semiconductor DeviceDecember 2020December 2023Allow3510NoNo
16624913SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY, OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOFDecember 2020June 2022Allow3000NoNo
17131398ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEDecember 2020January 2023Allow2410NoNo
17130988TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2020September 2023Allow3320YesNo
17254910ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION WIRING, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY PANELDecember 2020September 2023Allow3200YesNo
17129641SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGEDecember 2020July 2023Allow3111NoNo
17128226MICRO LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE DISPLAY APPARATUSDecember 2020January 2023Allow2510NoNo
17128745Shielding Structure for SiC DevicesDecember 2020February 2022Allow1400NoNo
17254851THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUSDecember 2020November 2022Allow2300NoNo
17128330DOUBLE MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION DEVICEDecember 2020July 2023Allow3120YesNo
17129850EIGHT-TRANSISTOR STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY, LAYOUT THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEDecember 2020July 2023Allow3110NoNo
17128183MICRO LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAYDecember 2020December 2022Allow2410NoNo
17254270OLED DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2020July 2023Allow3100NoNo
17128023INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MODULE WITH A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED PACKAGE USING A BOTTOM SIDE INTERPOSERDecember 2020March 2023Allow2720NoNo
17126354LIGHT RAY DIRECTION CONTROL ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIGHT RAY DIRECTION CONTROL ELEMENT, AND IMAGING ELEMENTDecember 2020July 2023Allow3120NoNo
17126262DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2020September 2022Allow2110NoNo
17127298ION IMPLANTATION TO FORM TRENCH-BOTTOM OXIDE OF MOSFETDecember 2020February 2023Allow2610YesNo
17126078MULTI THRESHOLD VOLTAGE FOR NANOSHEETDecember 2020May 2022Allow1710NoNo
17253597TRENCH MOSFET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRENCH MOSFETDecember 2020June 2022Allow1810NoNo
17125048FinFETs With Epitaxy Regions Having Mixed Wavy and Non-Wavy PortionsDecember 2020December 2021Allow1200NoNo
17253239SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEDecember 2020July 2022Allow1910NoNo
17252806MICRO DISPLAY PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SPLICED DISPLAY PANELDecember 2020November 2023Allow3510NoNo
17124344Thin Film Transistor and Display Apparatus Comprising the SameDecember 2020November 2022Allow2310NoNo
17247525MODULE WITH SUBSTRATE RECESS FOR CONDUCTIVE-BONDING COMPONENTDecember 2020May 2023Allow2921YesNo
17122265MIM CAPACITOR OF EMBEDDED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAMEDecember 2020November 2021Allow1100NoNo
17122535Semiconductor Device with Funnel Shape Spacer and Methods of Forming The SameDecember 2020June 2022Allow1810NoNo
17121490Semiconductor Method and DeviceDecember 2020February 2022Allow1410YesNo
17121726MULTILEVEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH WAVEGUIDESDecember 2020March 2021Allow300NoNo
17119909IMAGE SENSOR STRUCTUREDecember 2020November 2022Allow2310NoNo
17118731FLIP CHIP TYPE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICEDecember 2020April 2023Allow2810YesNo
17119184DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING AN OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR PATTERNDecember 2020April 2022Allow1610NoNo
17119102Ion Implantation for Nano-FETDecember 2020January 2022Allow1410NoNo
17119221DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2020December 2022Allow2410YesNo
17118044SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEDecember 2020September 2022Allow2120YesNo
17116703SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAMEDecember 2020February 2022Abandon1430YesNo
17115724WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH A SELF-ALIGNED CHANNEL AND INTEGRATION SCHEMESDecember 2020December 2022Abandon2420NoNo
17115603Thin Film Transistor Array Substrate and Electronic Device Including the SameDecember 2020June 2022Allow1800NoNo
17115251DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2020February 2023Allow2600NoNo
16973312ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2020August 2023Allow3211NoNo
17113706SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH SHIELDING STRUCTURESDecember 2020February 2023Allow2610NoNo
17113513DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2020May 2022Allow1710NoNo
17113512FinFET Devices and Methods of FormingDecember 2020October 2022Allow2320YesNo
17114112SHIELDING STRUCTURESDecember 2020March 2022Allow1500NoNo
17113533SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH NEGATIVE CAPACITANCE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAMEDecember 2020June 2022Allow1800NoNo
17113845Transistor Array Substrate and Electronic Device Including SameDecember 2020March 2023Allow2721NoNo
17114194Crystalline Semiconductor Film, Plate-Like Body and Semiconductor DeviceDecember 2020July 2022Allow2020NoNo
17113045MULTILEVEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTUREDecember 2020March 2021Allow310NoNo
17112479Bitcell ArchitectureDecember 2020September 2023Allow3420NoNo
16972413SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEDecember 2020October 2022Allow2310NoNo
17110980Formation of a Ga-Doped SiGe and B/Ga-Doped SiGe LayersDecember 2020November 2022Allow2410NoNo
17247215SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FORMATION METHOD THEREOFDecember 2020October 2022Allow2211YesNo
17247212FIN TRANSISTORS WITH SEMICONDUCTOR SPACERSDecember 2020May 2022Allow1810NoNo
17109388METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PATTERNED LAYER OF MATERIALDecember 2020July 2022Allow1910YesNo
17109601DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAMEDecember 2020December 2022Allow2411NoNo
17108551PIXEL ASSEMBLY PROCESSDecember 2020March 2022Allow1601NoNo
17107674SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2020June 2022Allow1810NoNo
17107605SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICENovember 2020June 2022Allow1801YesNo
17106974METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICENovember 2020May 2022Allow1710NoNo
17106530INPUT-BASED DEVICE OPERATION MODE MANAGEMENTNovember 2020June 2023Allow3140YesNo
17105801SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2020November 2022Allow2300YesNo
17105630SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH HEAT RADIATION BOARDNovember 2020April 2023Allow2910NoNo
17103971METHOD OF FORMING ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2020January 2023Allow2520NoNo
17101976Geometrically Shaped Components In An Assembly For A Transfer Print And Associated MethodsNovember 2020July 2023Allow3211NoNo
17057842HERMETIC PACKAGE COMPRISING A GETTER, PART COMPRISING SUCH A HERMETIC PACKAGE, AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING PROCESSNovember 2020November 2022Abandon2310NoNo
17101584DISPLAY APPARATUSNovember 2020January 2023Allow2610NoNo
171009043D INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH HYBRID BONDINGNovember 2020September 2021Abandon1020NoNo
16953347LIGHT EMITTING DEVICENovember 2020February 2023Allow2720NoNo
16953785SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOFNovember 2020April 2022Allow1710YesNo
16952783INTEGRATING OPTICAL ELEMENTS WITH ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSORS VIA DIRECT-BOND HYBRIDIZATIONNovember 2020March 2023Allow2811NoNo
16952812Gate Isolation StructureNovember 2020June 2022Allow1920NoNo
17056651DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY PANELNovember 2020November 2023Allow3610NoNo
17056688ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PANEL AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAMENovember 2020December 2023Allow3610NoNo
16951260INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICENovember 2020January 2022Allow1400NoNo
17099968SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICENovember 2020April 2022Allow1710NoNo
17098804CERAMIC HEATERNovember 2020October 2023Abandon3510NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2826.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
68
Examiner Affirmed
50
(73.5%)
Examiner Reversed
18
(26.5%)
Reversal Percentile
20.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 26.5% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
418
Allowed After Appeal Filing
135
(32.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
283
(67.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
48.5%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 32.3% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

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.

Art Unit 2826 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2826 is part of Group 2820 in Technology Center 2800. This art unit has examined 18,042 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 84.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2826's allowance rate of 84.6% places it in the 79% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly higher allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2826 receive an average of 1.54 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 23% percentile). The median prosecution time is 23 months (in the 86% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more favorable examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With fewer office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is shorter than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

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