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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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18/045087
Semiconductor apparatus and magnetic structure of semiconductor apparatus Oct 6, 2022 Issued
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18/698353
Sputtering target, method for producing same, and method for producing sputtering film using sputtering target Oct 4, 2022 Issued
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17/958390
Method of operating a PVD apparatus Sep 30, 2022 Issued
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17/936471
Sputtering apparatus and CVD mask coating method using the same Sep 28, 2022 Issued
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17/956562
Film forming apparatus and film forming method Sep 28, 2022 Issued
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17/935035
Plasma source Ion implanter with preparation chamber for linear or cross transferring workpiece Sep 22, 2022 Issued
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18/703899
Fe-Pt-C-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET MEMBER, SPUTTERING TARGET ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR FORMING FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPUTTERING TARGET MEMBER Sep 21, 2022 Abandoned
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17/946434
DC plasma control for electron enhanced material processing Sep 15, 2022 Issued
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17/942808
DC plasma control for electron enhanced material processing Sep 11, 2022 Issued
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17/889209
Energy-saving window film used for insulating glass and preparation method and application thereof Aug 15, 2022 Issued
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17/816781
Sputtering Target Aug 1, 2022 Abandoned
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17/816374
Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure Jul 28, 2022 Issued
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17/871810
Sealing article comprising metal coating, method of making and method of using the same Jul 21, 2022 Issued
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17/857370
Apparatus for reducing tungsten resistivity Jul 4, 2022 Issued
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17/853911
Deposition device having contact structure and deposition system having same Jun 28, 2022 Issued
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17/848573
Internally divisible process chamber using a shutter disk assembly Jun 23, 2022 Issued
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17/843076
Film forming apparatus, processing condition determination method, and film forming method Jun 16, 2022 Issued
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17/841270
Oxide semiconductor sputtering target and method of fabricating thin-film transistor using same Jun 14, 2022 Issued
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17/838805
Methods and apparatus for passivating a target Jun 12, 2022 Issued
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17/832897
Plasma etching tools and systems Jun 5, 2022 Issued
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