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John Joseph Brayton

Examiner (ID: 3650, Phone: (571)270-3084 , Office: P/1756 )

Most Active Art Unit
1794
Art Unit(s)
1794, 1795, 1724, 1756
Total Applications
779
Issued Applications
350
Pending Applications
49
Abandoned Applications
387

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/198788
Apparatus to produce a waveform May 16, 2023 Issued
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18/318096
Thermally stable metallic glass films via steep compositional gradients May 15, 2023 Issued
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18/141923
Semiconductor process equipment Apr 30, 2023 Issued
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18/303318
PROCESSING KIT SHIELD Apr 18, 2023 Pending
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18/300209
Method and system for vacuum vapor deposition of functional materials in space Apr 12, 2023 Issued
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18/132420
Sputtering target and sputtering apparatus including the same Apr 9, 2023 Issued
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18/110668
Physical vapor deposition source and chamber assembly Feb 15, 2023 Issued
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18/109130
Gas injection process kit to eliminate arcing and improve uniform gas distribution for a PVD process Feb 12, 2023 Issued
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18/106365
Module for flipping substrates in vacuum Feb 5, 2023 Issued
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18/101273
Ion beam sputtering with ion assisted deposition for coatings on chamber components Jan 24, 2023 Issued
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18/151031
Apparatus for accommodating an article in a vacuum-coating installation Jan 5, 2023 Issued
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18/148331
Powder-surface treatment apparatus Dec 28, 2022 Issued
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18/147381
SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS Dec 27, 2022 Pending
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18/147480
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Dec 27, 2022 Pending
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18/147382
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, HARMONIC CONTROL UNIT AND HARMONIC CONTROL METHOD Dec 27, 2022 Pending
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18/074261
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method Dec 1, 2022 Issued
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18/710578
Reaction Chamber and Reaction Device Nov 8, 2022 Pending
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17/976798
PVD Method and Apparatus Oct 28, 2022 Pending
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18/702320
EXTREME EDGE FEATURE PROFILE TILT CONTROL BY ALTERING INPUT VOLTAGE WAVEFORM TO EDGE RING Oct 19, 2022 Pending
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18/263548
VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS Sep 25, 2022 Abandoned
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