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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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17/996718
Yttrium ingot and sputtering target in which the yttrium ingot is used Apr 18, 2021 Issued
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17/214656
Cover ring and ground shield for physical vapor deposition chamber Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/213757
Sputtering target, method of bonding target material and backing plate, and method of manufacturing sputtering target Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/906927
Cr--Si sintered body, sputtering target, and method for producing thin film Mar 23, 2021 Issued
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17/206768
Substrate processing method and apparatus Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/203786
Methods of reducing particles in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber Mar 16, 2021 Issued
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17/197622
Convertible magnetics for rotary cathode Mar 9, 2021 Issued
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17/183587
Internally divisible process chamber using a shutter disk assembly Feb 23, 2021 Issued
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18/274439
METHOD OF PROVIDING A REACTION CHAMBER, REACTION CHAMBER AND LASER EVAPORATION SYSTEM Feb 17, 2021 Pending
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17/177070
High throughput vacuum deposition sources and system Feb 15, 2021 Issued
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17/760310
Device and method for producing layers with improved uniformity in coating systems with horizontally rotating substrate and additional plasma sources Feb 11, 2021 Issued
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17/172641
Stage device, power supply mechanism, and processing apparatus Feb 9, 2021 Issued
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17/163335
Deposition apparatus and deposition method using the same Jan 28, 2021 Issued
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18/274348
THERMAL LASER EVAPORATION SYSTEM Jan 26, 2021 Pending
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17/159689
COMMON VACUUM SHUTTER AND PASTING MECHANISM FOR A MULTISTATION CLUSTER PLATFORM Jan 26, 2021 Abandoned
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17/145194
Process chamber for etching low k and other dielectric films Jan 7, 2021 Issued
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17/143924
Film forming apparatus and method Jan 6, 2021 Issued
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17/137121
Methods and apparatus for zone control of RF bias for stress uniformity Dec 28, 2020 Issued
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17/137076
Rare-earth oxide based coatings based on ion assisted deposition Dec 28, 2020 Issued
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17/114216
Chalcogenide sputtering target and method of making the same Dec 6, 2020 Issued
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