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Brian E. Glessner

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 155, Phone: (571)272-6754 , Office: P/3633 )

Most Active Art Unit
3635
Art Unit(s)
3676, 3633, 3621, 3635
Total Applications
975
Issued Applications
618
Pending Applications
136
Abandoned Applications
222

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/626244
Movement systems for sputter coating of non-flat substrates Jul 13, 2020 Issued
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16/923792
Substrate processing module and method of moving a workpiece Jul 7, 2020 Issued
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17/625399
Sputtering target Jun 25, 2020 Issued
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16/898609
Apparatus for depositing a substrate and deposition system having the same Jun 10, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18431575 [patent_doc_number] => 11676803 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-06-13 [patent_title] => Liner assembly for vacuum treatment apparatus, and vacuum treatment apparatus [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/895054 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-06-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 5467 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 152 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16895054 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/895054
Liner assembly for vacuum treatment apparatus, and vacuum treatment apparatus Jun 7, 2020 Issued
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16/883326
Magnetic filter tube May 25, 2020 Issued
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17/626394
FE-PT-BN-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR May 21, 2020 Abandoned
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16/881693
Stage device and processing apparatus May 21, 2020 Issued
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16/867878
Physical vapor deposition processing systems target cooling May 5, 2020 Issued
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17/597191
Sputtering target and method of producing sputtering target Apr 26, 2020 Issued
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16/856917
Process chamber with reduced plasma arc Apr 22, 2020 Issued
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16/856160
Depositing apparatus Apr 22, 2020 Issued
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16/853141
Conductive thin film manufacturing method Apr 19, 2020 Issued
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16/849910
Multi-cathode processing chamber with dual rotatable shields Apr 14, 2020 Issued
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16/847612
Sputter trap having multimodal particle size distribution Apr 12, 2020 Issued
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16/846505
Methods and apparatus for passivating a target Apr 12, 2020 Issued
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16/842896
Potassium sodium niobate sputtering target Apr 7, 2020 Issued
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17/606199
Anode for PVD processes Apr 6, 2020 Issued
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16/838987
Gas flow system Apr 1, 2020 Issued
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17/433140
Vacuum processing apparatus Mar 10, 2020 Issued
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