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Adam D. Houston

Examiner (ID: 671)

Most Active Art Unit
2842
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2842, 2816, 4146
Total Applications
1881
Issued Applications
1768
Pending Applications
64
Abandoned Applications
90

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/464882
Illumination device for vehicles Sep 10, 2023 Issued
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18/464252
TD CONVERTER, PLL CIRCUIT, TD CONVERTING METHOD, AND CLOCK GENERATING METHOD Sep 9, 2023 Pending
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18/244112
Compact remote plasma source for HDP CVD chambers Sep 7, 2023 Issued
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18/462258
Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method Sep 5, 2023 Issued
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18/241862
Substrate treatment apparatus and semiconductor device manufacturing method using the same Sep 1, 2023 Issued
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18/459719
Time to digital converter arrangement with increased detection range Aug 31, 2023 Issued
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18/453255
Flicker-free thyristor light-adjusting linear constant current circuit Aug 20, 2023 Issued
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18/453255
Flicker-free thyristor light-adjusting linear constant current circuit Aug 20, 2023 Issued
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18/236222
Time-to-digital converter circuitry Aug 20, 2023 Issued
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18/448946
Delay locked loop and memory Aug 12, 2023 Issued
18/274776 A PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR USE IN A LIGHTING CIRCUIT Jul 27, 2023 Pending
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18/227320
Plasma processing apparatus and method for controlling source frequency of source radio-frequency power Jul 27, 2023 Issued
18/274776 A PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR USE IN A LIGHTING CIRCUIT Jul 27, 2023 Pending
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18/226841
Measurement apparatus for alternating currents and voltages of physical plasmas, particularly of cold plasmas at atmospheric pressure, and plasma generator comprising such a measurement apparatus Jul 26, 2023 Issued
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18/225477
Phase lock loop (PLL) synchronization Jul 23, 2023 Issued
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18/691299
Plasma processing apparatus Jul 23, 2023 Issued
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18/333452
Independently clocking digital loop filter by time-to-digital converter in digital phase-locked loop Jun 11, 2023 Issued
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18/205008
PHASE LOCK CIRCUIT Jun 1, 2023 Pending
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18/205306
Computer-implemented system and method for uploading media to an inspection record via hybrid telephony and world wide web protocols Jun 1, 2023 Issued
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18/321017
Low-noise millimeter-wave fractional-N frequency synthesizer May 21, 2023 Issued
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