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Joseph C. Nicely

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2813
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1158
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887
Pending Applications
98
Abandoned Applications
191

Applications

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17/885159
LDMOS with enhanced safe operating area and method of manufacture Aug 9, 2022 Issued
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17/874565
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Jul 26, 2022 Issued
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17/874471
Thicker corner of a gate dielectric structure around a recessed gate electrode for an MV device Jul 26, 2022 Issued
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17/874742
Method for annealing bonding wafers Jul 26, 2022 Issued
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17/874772
Fin field-effect transistor and method of forming the same Jul 26, 2022 Issued
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17/814325
Contacts for semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same Jul 21, 2022 Issued
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17/870746
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR DEVICE Jul 20, 2022 Abandoned
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17/813860
Method for manufacturing a SOI or SiGeOI type semiconductor-on-insulator substrate by BESOI and structure for manufacturing such a substrate Jul 19, 2022 Issued
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17/869337
Semiconductor device with air gaps and method of fabrication thereof Jul 19, 2022 Issued
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17/863069
Gallium nitride-based devices and methods of testing thereof Jul 11, 2022 Issued
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17/860082
Stacked field effect transistor contacts Jul 6, 2022 Issued
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17/852393
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Jun 28, 2022 Issued
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17/851046
Electronic apparatus Jun 27, 2022 Issued
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17/851047
Electromagnetic wave adjustment apparatus Jun 27, 2022 Issued
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17/848984
Field effect transistor with stacked unit subcell structure Jun 23, 2022 Issued
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17/840524
Greyscale lithography techniques for manufacturing field plates Jun 13, 2022 Issued
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17/834013
Field effect transistor with multiple stepped field plate Jun 6, 2022 Issued
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18/567162
III-V, II-VI IN-SITU COMPLIANT SUBSTRATE FORMATION Jun 2, 2022 Pending
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17/804159
Wafer processing method May 25, 2022 Issued
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17/745639
Method of forming a semiconductor device with memory cells, high voltage devices and logic devices on a substrate using a dummy area May 15, 2022 Issued
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