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Joseph C. Nicely

Examiner (ID: 10544, Phone: (571)270-3834 , Office: P/2813 )

Most Active Art Unit
2813
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2813
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1132
Issued Applications
874
Pending Applications
108
Abandoned Applications
188

Applications

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17/668992
P-type dipole for p-FET Feb 9, 2022 Issued
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17/667704
Sequential plasma and thermal treatment Feb 8, 2022 Issued
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17/666386
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Feb 6, 2022 Issued
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17/649837
Photovoltaic cell Feb 2, 2022 Issued
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17/590409
Structure and method for semiconductor devices Jan 31, 2022 Issued
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17/583754
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device Jan 24, 2022 Issued
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17/581966
Fabrication method of semiconductor device and test method of semiconductor device Jan 22, 2022 Issued
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18/042667
LIGHT-EMITTING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS Jan 19, 2022 Pending
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17/647654
Manufacturing method and measurement method of semiconductor structure, andsemiconductor structure Jan 10, 2022 Issued
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17/571216
Memory arrays comprising strings of memory cells and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells Jan 6, 2022 Issued
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17/553477
Split-gate trench MOS transistor with self-alignment of gate and body regions Dec 15, 2021 Issued
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17/551393
ETCH STOP LAYER FOR BACKSIDE PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE Dec 14, 2021 Pending
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17/544724
GATE-ALL-AROUND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURES HAVING DEPOPULATED CHANNEL STRUCTURES USING DIRECTED BOTTOM-UP APPROACH Dec 6, 2021 Pending
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17/544724
GATE-ALL-AROUND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURES HAVING DEPOPULATED CHANNEL STRUCTURES USING DIRECTED BOTTOM-UP APPROACH Dec 6, 2021 Pending
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17/542610
Trench-type MOSFET and method for manufacturing the same Dec 5, 2021 Issued
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17/457908
Semiconductor device Dec 5, 2021 Issued
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17/541817
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device Dec 2, 2021 Issued
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17/541745
Method for manufacturing a fuse component Dec 2, 2021 Issued
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17/541845
Semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing the same Dec 2, 2021 Issued
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17/537638
CROSS CELL LOCAL INTERCONNECT WITH BPR AND CBoA Nov 29, 2021 Pending
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