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Gerard T. Higgins

Examiner (ID: 18981)

Most Active Art Unit
1785
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1785, 1796, 1759, 4174, 1794
Total Applications
1018
Issued Applications
552
Pending Applications
98
Abandoned Applications
380

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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14/527204
Semiconductor device comprising oxide semiconductor layer Oct 28, 2014 Issued
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14/443938
Evaporation equipment and evaporating method Oct 26, 2014 Issued
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14/519143
Method for fabricating semiconductor device with vertical transistor structure Oct 20, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 9951003 [patent_doc_number] => 08999789 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2015-04-07 [patent_title] => 'Super-junction trench MOSFETs with short terminations' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/516704 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-10-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 19 [patent_figures_cnt] => 19 [patent_no_of_words] => 4067 [patent_no_of_claims] => 4 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 237 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14516704 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/516704
Super-junction trench MOSFETs with short terminations Oct 16, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10512954 [patent_doc_number] => 09240534 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-01-19 [patent_title] => 'Light emitting package having a guiding member guiding an optical member' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/507560 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-10-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 4697 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 162 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14507560 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/507560
Light emitting package having a guiding member guiding an optical member Oct 5, 2014 Issued
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14/505582
Reduction of oxide recesses for gate height control Oct 2, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 13653717 [patent_doc_number] => 09853181 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-12-26 [patent_title] => Method for preparing a recrystallised silicon substrate with large crystallites [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/025498 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-09-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 2 [patent_figures_cnt] => 2 [patent_no_of_words] => 6427 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 169 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15025498 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/025498
Method for preparing a recrystallised silicon substrate with large crystallites Sep 23, 2014 Issued
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14/484904
Methods and apparatus for congestion-aware buffering using voltage isolation pathways for integrated circuit designs with multi-power domains Sep 11, 2014 Issued
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14/481525
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device with offset sidewall structure Sep 8, 2014 Issued
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14/476797
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Sep 3, 2014 Abandoned
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14/474054
LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Aug 28, 2014 Abandoned
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14/474045
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Aug 28, 2014 Abandoned
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14/474026
SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE Aug 28, 2014 Abandoned
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14/468601
THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Aug 25, 2014 Abandoned
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14/468503
High voltage semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same Aug 25, 2014 Issued
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14/465224
Reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor and diode with one structure semiconductor device Aug 20, 2014 Issued
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14/464912
Semiconductor device with group-III nitride compound semiconductor layer on substrate for transistor Aug 20, 2014 Issued
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14/465340
Single photon avalanche diode with second semiconductor layer burried in epitaxial layer Aug 20, 2014 Issued
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14/463998
Semiconductor device including an electrode structure formed on nitride semiconductor layers Aug 19, 2014 Issued
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14/464423
Light receiving elements for photoelectric conversion and capacitor elements for charge storing in joined substrates Aug 19, 2014 Issued
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