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Daniel T. Pihulic

Examiner (ID: 407, Phone: (571)272-6977 , Office: P/3645 )

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
2899, 2735, 2201, 3642, 3662, 3645, 2202
Total Applications
3662
Issued Applications
3296
Pending Applications
170
Abandoned Applications
226

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/788065
Method and system for managing liquid supply Feb 10, 2020 Issued
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17/438314
Method and apparatus for predicting aberrations in a projection system Feb 9, 2020 Issued
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16/781370
Exposure apparatus, manufacturing method of flat-panel display, device manufacturing method, and exposure method Feb 3, 2020 Issued
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16/774543
Reticle management method and semiconductor device fabrication method including the same Jan 27, 2020 Issued
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17/428897
Component for use in a lithographic apparatus, method of protecting a component and method of protecting tables in a lithographic apparatus Jan 23, 2020 Issued
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16/748202
System, software application, and method for lithography stitching Jan 20, 2020 Issued
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16/743124
Imaging overlay targets using Moire elements and rotational symmetry arrangements Jan 14, 2020 Issued
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16/742209
System and method for wafer-by-wafer overlay feedforward and lot-to-lot feedback control Jan 13, 2020 Issued
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16/740607
Apparatus for forming an ophthalmic lens Jan 12, 2020 Issued
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16/741574
Scaling metric for quantifying metrology sensitivity to process variation Jan 12, 2020 Issued
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16/735883
Optical element for the beam guidance of imaging light in projection lithography Jan 6, 2020 Issued
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16/734650
Method for removing a contamination layer by an atomic layer etching process Jan 5, 2020 Issued
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16/731265
Optical system for a projection exposure apparatus Dec 30, 2019 Issued
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16/725593
Exposure apparatus, method for controlling the same and article manufacturing method Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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16/718371
Mark recognition devices, mark recognition methods and pseudo pressure alignment devices Dec 17, 2019 Issued
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17/309642
Apparatus and method for optically processing an object Dec 11, 2019 Issued
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16/698868
Patterning device Nov 26, 2019 Issued
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16/697149
Method and device for measuring contamination in EUV source Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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17/297691
Adaptive alignment Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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16/697138
Pellicle structure for lithography mask Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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