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James D Sells

Examiner (ID: 9506, Phone: (571)272-1237 , Office: P/1745 )

Most Active Art Unit
1734
Art Unit(s)
1734, 1791, 1304, 1745
Total Applications
2761
Issued Applications
2236
Pending Applications
151
Abandoned Applications
374

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/682624
Systems for selectively feeding chunk polysilicon or granular polysilicon in a crystal growth chamber Nov 12, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16098423 [patent_doc_number] => 20200203198 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-06-25 [patent_title] => TRANSFERRING DEVICE OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING AND METHOD OF CLEANING TRANSFERRING CHAMBER OF THE TRANSFERRING DEVICE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/661139 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-10-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 2563 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -15 [patent_words_short_claim] => 90 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16661139 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/661139
Transferring device of semiconductor manufacturing and method of cleaning transferring chamber of the transferring device Oct 22, 2019 Issued
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17/277060
ROBOTIC CLEANER AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR Oct 14, 2019 Pending
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17/278750
REMOVING METAL CONTAMINATION FROM SURFACES OF A PROCESSING CHAMBER Oct 2, 2019 Abandoned
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16/590769
Cleaning device, plating device including the same, and cleaning method Oct 1, 2019 Issued
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17/285938
Cleaning device, compressed air system, cleaning method Sep 29, 2019 Issued
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17/280257
Method for cleaning a solid support of a fermentation reactor comprising a contaminated polyurethane foam Sep 25, 2019 Issued
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17/281691
Gas mixture including hydrogen fluoride, alcohol and an additive for preventing stiction of and/or repairing high aspect ratio structures Sep 25, 2019 Issued
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17/279953
Device for cleaning a driver assistance sensor of a motor vehicle Sep 24, 2019 Issued
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16/578587
Substrate processing system and method for supplying processing fluid Sep 22, 2019 Issued
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16/574381
Cleaning Equipment for Use with Precipitator Sep 17, 2019 Abandoned
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16/557712
Toroidal plasma processing apparatus with a shaped workpiece holder Aug 29, 2019 Issued
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16/554295
Apparatus for growing single crystalline ingot and method for growing same Aug 27, 2019 Issued
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16/550933
Method and apparatus for precleaning a substrate surface prior to epitaxial growth Aug 25, 2019 Issued
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17/270486
Ultrasonic cleaner and automatic analyzer using the same Aug 6, 2019 Issued
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16/527520
Plasma processing method and plasma ashing apparatus Jul 30, 2019 Issued
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16/524287
Methods to increase crush resistance of silica sand proppant for fracking operations Jul 28, 2019 Issued
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16/524312
Methods to enhance silica sand proppant for use in fracking operations Jul 28, 2019 Issued
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16/523915
Cleaning apparatus and control method for cleaning apparatus Jul 25, 2019 Issued
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16/515679
Optical surface contaminant detection Jul 17, 2019 Issued
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