Topic

Semiconductor forming semiconductor Steady

212 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -40% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

87%

+12 pts vs the USPTO 191 decided

Months to first action

17.0 mo

−1.6 vs the USPTO

Applications

212.0

in the record

Allowed

166.0

25 abandoned

Filings by year

How often the topic was filed

The most recent years are still filling in.

Where it is examined

Domains and art units

CPC subclasses

H10D98 apps

H10W45 apps

H10B43 apps

H10P15 apps

H10N3 apps

H01L2 apps

Art units

289318 apps

281317 apps

281717 apps

281113 apps

281813 apps

289113 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Laura Mary Menz9 apps

100%

Docket Central7 apps

n/a

Anthony Ho5 apps

100%

Xiaoming Liu5 apps

100%

Brandon C Fox4 apps

100%

Peter M Albrecht3 apps

100%

Eric K Ashbahian3 apps

67%

Monica D Harrison3 apps

100%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

Infineon Technologies AG32 apps

94%

CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.30 apps

83%

International Business Machines Corporation16 apps

100%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.16 apps

100%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.13 apps

62%

Infineon Technologies Austria AG11 apps

91%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES31 apps

97%

Syncoda LLC15 apps

79%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION11 apps

100%

STATS ChipPAC/PATENT LAW GROUP:11 apps

100%

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast10 apps

80%

BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP9 apps

100%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19627178	COMPOSITION FOR FORMING A RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM, A RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM, A METHO…	2026-09-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
19626300	RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION, RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM, METHOD FOR FORM…	2026-09-21	Pending	0	0	n/a
19626273	RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION, RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM, METHOD FOR FORM…	2026-09-21	Pending	0	0	n/a
15570643	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15654870	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15357415	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15851891	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15856509	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15850945	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15681014	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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