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Bret P. Chen

Examiner (ID: 13930, Phone: (571)272-1417 , Office: P/1715 )

Most Active Art Unit
1715
Art Unit(s)
1718, 1792, 1715, 1762, 1112, 1754
Total Applications
2280
Issued Applications
1776
Pending Applications
184
Abandoned Applications
348

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/022921
Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method Aug 23, 2021 Issued
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17/408943
Methods for depositing dielectric material Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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17/408940
Method for forming metal silicon oxide and metal silicon oxynitride layers Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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17/405441
TEXTURED GLASS LAMINATES USING LOW-TG CLAD LAYER Aug 17, 2021 Abandoned
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17/398509
Process for manufacturing a pure porous 3D diamond Aug 9, 2021 Issued
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18/013546
Method for forming thin film Jul 27, 2021 Issued
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17/387185
Area selective nanoscale-thin layer deposition via precise functional group lithography Jul 27, 2021 Issued
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18/025572
Method for protecting apparatus from etching substances and method for forming oxide film Jul 25, 2021 Issued
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17/380444
Methods for coating a component Jul 19, 2021 Issued
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17/305938
Ultrathin atomic layer deposition film accuracy thickness control Jul 15, 2021 Issued
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17/376238
Method for depositing molybdenum layers using an underlayer Jul 14, 2021 Issued
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17/376336
Method for forming structures including transition metal layers Jul 14, 2021 Issued
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17/372738
PROCESS FOR PROVIDING A CORROSION RESISTANT COATED GLASS SUBSTRATE Jul 11, 2021 Abandoned
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18/290234
METHOD OF FORMING A LAYER OF A COMPOUND Jun 30, 2021 Pending
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17/360972
Silicon nitride and silicon oxide deposition methods using fluorine inhibitor Jun 27, 2021 Issued
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17/358808
Device for adjusting position of chamber and plasma process chamber including the same for semiconductor manufacturing Jun 24, 2021 Issued
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17/348849
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate Jun 15, 2021 Issued
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17/349619
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device Jun 15, 2021 Issued
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17/339411
Methods for refurbishing aerospace components Jun 3, 2021 Issued
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17/333820
Precursor supply unit, substrate processing system, and method of fabricating semiconductor device using the same May 27, 2021 Issued
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