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Benjamin R. Kendall

Examiner (ID: 4056, Phone: (571)272-5081 , Office: P/1718 )

Most Active Art Unit
1718
Art Unit(s)
1714, 2896, 1718
Total Applications
584
Issued Applications
181
Pending Applications
92
Abandoned Applications
339

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/010423
OPTIMIZING EDGE RADICAL FLUX IN A DOWNSTREAM PLASMA CHAMBER Dec 13, 2021 Pending
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17/545130
Support unit and apparatus for treating substrate Dec 7, 2021 Issued
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18/022550
Apparatus for treating substrate and method for aligning dielectric plate using the same Dec 1, 2021 Issued
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17/510704
Plasma processing apparatus Oct 25, 2021 Issued
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17/509200
APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING IMPEDANCE AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE WITH THE APPARATUS Oct 24, 2021 Abandoned
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18/013145
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING PLASMA DENSITY DISTRIBUTION PROFILES INCLUDING MULTI-RF ZONED SUBSTRATE SUPPORTS Oct 11, 2021 Pending
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18/029641
Faceless showerhead Oct 7, 2021 Issued
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17/495760
Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing coil Oct 5, 2021 Issued
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18/245543
Collection assembly and semiconductor pre-cleaning chamber Sep 15, 2021 Issued
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17/470294
Atomic layer deposition part coating chamber Sep 8, 2021 Issued
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17/469895
Etching method and plasma processing apparatus Sep 8, 2021 Issued
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17/468839
Plasma processing apparatus Sep 7, 2021 Issued
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17/468178
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CEILING PLATE, AND RING MEMBER Sep 6, 2021 Abandoned
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17/466285
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Sep 2, 2021 Abandoned
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17/458872
SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS AND COVER RING THEREOF Aug 26, 2021 Abandoned
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17/412969
Pressure control system for a multi-head processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus Aug 25, 2021 Issued
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17/395529
Substrate processing apparatus and gas switching method for substrate processing apparatus Aug 5, 2021 Issued
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17/392259
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Aug 2, 2021 Pending
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17/387393
Plasma Strip Tool with Multiple Gas Injection Jul 27, 2021 Abandoned
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18/005595
METHOD OF FORMING PHOTO-SENSITIVE HYBRID FILMS Jul 15, 2021 Pending
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