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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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16/613551
Metrology sensor, lithographic apparatus and method for manufacturing devices Apr 12, 2018 Issued
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15/950619
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING IMMERSION FLUID IN THE GAP UNDER THE PROJECTION LENS DURING WAFER EXCHANGE IN AN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY MACHINE Apr 10, 2018 Abandoned
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16/493326
Maintaining a set of process fingerprints Apr 8, 2018 Issued
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15/946030
Movable body drive method and movable body drive system, pattern formation method and apparatus, exposure method and apparatus, device manufacturing method, and calibration method Apr 4, 2018 Issued
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15/940704
Use of laser light and red-green-blue coloration to determine properties of back scattered light Mar 28, 2018 Issued
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15/935555
Lithographic thermal distortion compensation with the use of machine learning Mar 25, 2018 Issued
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15/935670
Lithographic apparatus and surface cleaning method Mar 25, 2018 Issued
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15/933147
Spatial light modulator with variable intensity diodes Mar 21, 2018 Issued
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15/923858
Image-forming optical system, exposure apparatus, and device producing method Mar 15, 2018 Issued
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15/918478
Object holder and lithographic apparatus Mar 11, 2018 Issued
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15/917522
METHOD FOR IMPROVED CD CONTROL ON 2-PHASE DIGITAL SCANNER WITH NO LOSS TO IMAGE FIDELITY Mar 8, 2018 Abandoned
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16/500460
Mirror array Mar 7, 2018 Issued
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15/910775
Micro LED array illumination source Mar 1, 2018 Issued
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16/486859
Optimizing an apparatus for multi-stage processing of product units Feb 21, 2018 Issued
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16/484186
Methods of determining process models by machine learning Feb 19, 2018 Issued
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15/898813
Methods and apparatus for removing contamination from lithographic tool Feb 18, 2018 Issued
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15/898920
Homogeneous thermal equalization with active device Feb 18, 2018 Issued
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15/888703
Substrate holding device, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method Feb 4, 2018 Issued
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15/888703
Substrate holding device, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method Feb 4, 2018 Issued
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15/888703
Substrate holding device, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method Feb 4, 2018 Issued
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