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Gregory T. Prather

Examiner (ID: 17269, Phone: (571)270-5412 , Office: P/3658 )

Most Active Art Unit
3658
Art Unit(s)
4127, 3658, 3618, 3656
Total Applications
652
Issued Applications
437
Pending Applications
56
Abandoned Applications
182

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/986067
Method for chemical mechanical polishing of a SiC wafer based on a magnetorheological elastic metal contact corrosion polishing pad Dec 17, 2024 Issued
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18/634408
Cleaning solution and method of cleaning wafer Apr 11, 2024 Issued
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18/603614
CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING SLURRY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME Mar 12, 2024 Pending
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18/595554
Semiconductor device and method Mar 4, 2024 Issued
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18/588751
VERTICAL FEATURE GROWTH USING FLUORINE-CONTAINING GAS Feb 26, 2024 Pending
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18/584164
Method for preparing semiconductor device structure with isolation patterns having different heights Feb 21, 2024 Issued
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18/439340
Photolithography Methods and Resulting Structures Feb 11, 2024 Pending
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18/435576
Atomic layer etching by electron wavefront Feb 6, 2024 Issued
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18/435244
Atomic layer etching for subtractive metal etch Feb 6, 2024 Issued
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18/429554
Enhanced etch selectivity using halides Jan 31, 2024 Issued
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18/391906
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND COMPOSITION Dec 20, 2023 Pending
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18/392785
ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING OF SILICON OXIDE AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURE Dec 20, 2023 Pending
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18/539892
ETCHING SUBSTRATES USING VAPOR ADSORPTION Dec 13, 2023 Pending
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18/535290
PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Dec 10, 2023 Pending
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18/527433
METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATION OF THE SAME Dec 3, 2023 Pending
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18/382447
HARDMASK INTEGRATION FOR HIGH ASPECT RATIO APPLICATIONS Oct 19, 2023 Pending
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18/488057
Method of manufacturing vias with pulsing plasma Oct 16, 2023 Issued
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18/485978
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Oct 11, 2023 Pending
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18/482197
TIN OXIDE THIN FILM SPACERS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING Oct 5, 2023 Abandoned
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18/479599
ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING SYSTEM Oct 1, 2023 Pending
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