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Beth A. Stephan

Examiner (ID: 6858, Phone: (571)272-1851 , Office: P/3633 )

Most Active Art Unit
3633
Art Unit(s)
3637, 3633, 3504, 2899, 3621, 3635
Total Applications
2113
Issued Applications
1774
Pending Applications
82
Abandoned Applications
286

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/048702
Techniques for determining and using static regions in an inverse design process Oct 20, 2022 Issued
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17/961710
Layout method of semiconductor chip, semiconductor chip manufacturing method and computing device using same Oct 6, 2022 Issued
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17/961415
UNIFIED FRAMEWORK AND METHOD FOR ACCURATE CONTEXT-AWARE TIMING MODELING Oct 5, 2022 Pending
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17/938138
Method of correcting an error of a layout of a pattern, method of manufacturing a photomask using the same, and method of forming a pattern using the same Oct 4, 2022 Issued
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17/955424
Systems and methods for dynamically changing regulator voltage of a scanning device having an illumination system and an imager Sep 27, 2022 Issued
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17/945916
USING LINEAR MODELS TO ACCELERATE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF PHYSICAL DEVICES Sep 14, 2022 Abandoned
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17/903146
Quantum computing system based on quantum dot qubits and operation method thereof Sep 5, 2022 Issued
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17/823679
Optical proximity correction based on combining inverse lithography technology with pattern classification Aug 30, 2022 Issued
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17/900508
Clock domain crossing verification with setup assistance Aug 30, 2022 Issued
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17/896258
PHYSICAL LAYOUTS OF MAJORANA-BASED QUBITS FOR IMPLEMENTATIONS OF PENTAGONAL TILINGS Aug 25, 2022 Pending
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17/822402
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE CHARGING OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE Aug 24, 2022 Pending
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17/873602
On-board charging station for a remote control device Jul 25, 2022 Issued
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17/871755
Method and apparatus for calculating relative state-of-charge of battery Jul 21, 2022 Issued
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17/812005
Method of fabricating semiconductor device Jul 11, 2022 Issued
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17/860985
Integrated circuit and method of manufacturing same Jul 7, 2022 Issued
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17/856714
Control method, control device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium Jun 30, 2022 Issued
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17/854029
AUTOMATED CIRCUIT DESIGN VALIDATION Jun 29, 2022 Pending
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17/845421
Machine-learning enhanced compiler Jun 20, 2022 Issued
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17/806702
Machine learning based automatic routing method and apparatus for semiconductor equipment Jun 12, 2022 Issued
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17/838298
Simulation method and system of verifying operation of semiconductor memory device of memory module at design level Jun 12, 2022 Issued
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