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Jason M. Sims

Examiner (ID: 10825, Phone: (571)272-7540 , Office: P/1631 )

Most Active Art Unit
1631
Art Unit(s)
3791, 1631, IPBS
Total Applications
486
Issued Applications
174
Pending Applications
52
Abandoned Applications
273

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/402828
Noise reduction for overlay control May 2, 2019 Issued
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16/400756
Performance monitoring of design-based alignment Apr 30, 2019 Issued
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16/399332
Optical lithography system for patterning semiconductor devices and method of using the same Apr 29, 2019 Issued
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16/385651
Method of determining a value of a parameter of interest of a target formed by a patterning process Apr 15, 2019 Issued
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16/349101
Method of measuring misregistration of semiconductor devices Apr 11, 2019 Issued
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16/376547
Methods and systems for determining soiling on photovoltaic devices Apr 4, 2019 Issued
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16/366600
MASKLESS PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS Mar 26, 2019 Abandoned
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16/356836
Microlithographic fabrication of structures Mar 17, 2019 Issued
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16/982650
Lithographic apparatus Mar 10, 2019 Issued
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16/296662
Projection exposure method and projection exposure apparatus for microlithography Mar 7, 2019 Issued
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16/293516
Image-forming optical system, exposure apparatus, and device producing method Mar 4, 2019 Issued
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16/292771
Anti-reflection optical substrates and methods of manufacture Mar 4, 2019 Issued
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16/289875
Patterning device cooling apparatus Feb 28, 2019 Issued
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16/289632
Phase retardance optical scanner Feb 27, 2019 Issued
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16/284516
Dynamic cooling control for thermal stabilization for lithography system Feb 24, 2019 Issued
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16/971751
Radiation shielding device and apparatus comprising such shielding device Feb 20, 2019 Issued
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16/280954
Retroreflective optical system and methods Feb 19, 2019 Issued
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16/259269
Pattern forming apparatus, mark detecting apparatus, exposure apparatus, pattern forming method, exposure method, and device manufacturing method Jan 27, 2019 Issued
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16/248413
Method for adjusting a lighting setting Jan 14, 2019 Issued
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16/243200
Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing article Jan 8, 2019 Issued
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