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Don P. Le

Examiner (ID: 5300, Phone: (571)272-1806 , Office: P/2844 )

Most Active Art Unit
2819
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2844, 2819
Total Applications
2669
Issued Applications
2528
Pending Applications
46
Abandoned Applications
99

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/410811
DEVICE FABRICATION METHODS WITH ION BEAM PROCESSING Jan 10, 2024 Pending
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18/409653
Soluble Metal Oxide Anion CMP Slurry Jan 9, 2024 Issued
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18/406670
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLASMA PROCESS Jan 7, 2024 Pending
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18/398564
Implant Hard Mask for Substrates Dec 27, 2023 Pending
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18/543426
Microelectronic devices including high aspect ratio features Dec 17, 2023 Issued
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18/532725
Termination structures for semiconductor devices Dec 6, 2023 Issued
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18/523814
Methods for creating large-area complex nanopatterns for nanoimprint molds Nov 28, 2023 Issued
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18/388737
DEVICE FOR THERMAL CONDUCTION AND ELECTRICAL ISOLATION Nov 9, 2023 Pending
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18/385522
Thermal etching of ruthenium Oct 30, 2023 Issued
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18/382961
Metal oxide conversion for MEOL and BEOL applications Oct 22, 2023 Issued
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18/485998
OXIDE QUALITY DIFFERENTIATION Oct 11, 2023 Pending
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18/377466
Polishing composition, polishing method, and method for manufacturing substrate Oct 5, 2023 Issued
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18/373514
POLISHING COMPOSITION Sep 26, 2023 Abandoned
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18/373080
Methods and structures for improving etch profile of underlying layers Sep 25, 2023 Issued
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18/468123
COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE Sep 14, 2023 Pending
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18/463754
COMPOSITION FOR TREATING SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR TREATING OBJECT TO BE TREATED Sep 7, 2023 Pending
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18/460023
Electronic device and method for manufacturing the same Aug 31, 2023 Issued
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18/240403
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Aug 30, 2023 Pending
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18/240142
Methods for wet atomic layer etching of molybdenum Aug 29, 2023 Issued
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18/232992
APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PLASMA AND METHOD OF PROCESSING PLASMA AND MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME Aug 10, 2023 Pending
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