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Andrew P. Smyth

Examiner (ID: 7980, Phone: (571)270-1746 , Office: P/2881 )

Most Active Art Unit
2881
Art Unit(s)
2881
Total Applications
1175
Issued Applications
856
Pending Applications
84
Abandoned Applications
259

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/812109
Methods of inspecting samples with multiple beams of charged particles Mar 5, 2020 Issued
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16/803213
INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION APPARATUS Feb 26, 2020 Abandoned
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16/789508
Hybrid mass spectrometer Feb 12, 2020 Issued
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16/736691
Control panel having UV disinfection Jan 6, 2020 Issued
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17/264848
LIGHT AVOIDANCE STRUCTURE FOR DETECTING OPTICAL SIGNAL Dec 23, 2019 Abandoned
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17/608378
SLEEVE BREAK DETECTOR FOR UV DISINFECTION SYSTEM LAMP ASSEMBLY Dec 22, 2019 Pending
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16/722992
Controlling gas-phase ion interactions Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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17/311942
Lithographic patterning method and system therefore Dec 12, 2019 Issued
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16/709624
Method and apparatus of operating a scanning probe microscope Dec 9, 2019 Issued
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17/782767
COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Dec 5, 2019 Abandoned
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17/782767
COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Dec 5, 2019 Abandoned
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17/621821
Ion detector, measurement device, and mass spectrometer Dec 5, 2019 Issued
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17/621821
Ion detector, measurement device, and mass spectrometer Dec 5, 2019 Issued
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17/621821
Ion detector, measurement device, and mass spectrometer Dec 5, 2019 Issued
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16/697347
Joint electron-optical columns for flood-charging and image-forming in voltage contrast wafer inspections Nov 26, 2019 Issued
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16/691908
CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SOURCE, SURFACE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SURFACE PROCESSING METHOD Nov 21, 2019 Abandoned
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17/778526
Charged particle beam device and aberration correction method Nov 20, 2019 Issued
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16/690228
Apparatus for storing and/or transporting radioactive materials Nov 20, 2019 Issued
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17/778320
Scanning Electron Microscope Nov 20, 2019 Pending
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16/685897
Systems and methods of clamp compensation Nov 14, 2019 Issued
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