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Gary B. Nickol

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 11544, Phone: (571)272-0835 , Office: P/1645 )

Most Active Art Unit
1642
Art Unit(s)
1642, OPT, 1643, 1645, 1646
Total Applications
507
Issued Applications
160
Pending Applications
167
Abandoned Applications
180

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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13/857218
LOW PRESSURE VAPOR PHASE DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC THIN FILMS Apr 4, 2013 Abandoned
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13/854910
Hollow cathode device and method for using the device to control the uniformity of a plasma process Mar 31, 2013 Issued
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13/849477
Scanning injector assembly module for processing substrate Mar 22, 2013 Issued
Array ( [id] => 9909707 [patent_doc_number] => 20150064908 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2015-03-05 [patent_title] => 'SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/388435 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2013-03-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 10224 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14388435 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/388435
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Mar 21, 2013 Abandoned
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13/790423
Heating apparatus with enhanced thermal uniformity and method for making thereof Mar 7, 2013 Issued
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13/779508
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Feb 26, 2013 Abandoned
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13/769433
THERMAL DIFFUSION CHAMBER WITH COOLING TUBES Feb 17, 2013 Abandoned
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13/748988
Processing apparatus and process status checking method Jan 23, 2013 Issued
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13/741394
POLYCRYSTAL SILICON MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Jan 14, 2013 Abandoned
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13/729547
SHOWER PLATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SHOWER PLATE, AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SHOWER PLATE Dec 27, 2012 Abandoned
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13/716886
VAPOR-PHASE PROCESS APPARATUS, VAPOR-PHASE PROCESS METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE Dec 16, 2012 Abandoned
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13/691125
Gas supply unit, substrate processing apparatus and supply gas setting method Nov 29, 2012 Issued
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14/361329
Showerhead having cooling system and substrate processing apparatus including the showerhead Nov 22, 2012 Issued
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13/680331
Apparatus for vapor condensation and recovery Nov 18, 2012 Issued
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13/672840
Combinatorial Site Isolated Plasma Assisted Deposition Nov 8, 2012 Abandoned
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13/656158
Rapid thermal processing chamber with micro-positioning system Oct 18, 2012 Issued
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13/613804
Thin film deposition apparatus and thin film deposition method using the same Sep 12, 2012 Issued
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13/606130
Chemical vapor deposition flow inlet elements and methods Sep 6, 2012 Issued
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13/603693
Apparatus for counting particles in a gas Sep 4, 2012 Issued
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13/599358
Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing semiconductor device Aug 29, 2012 Issued
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