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Kenneth B. Wells

Examiner (ID: 1681, Phone: (571)272-1757 , Office: P/2842 )

Most Active Art Unit
2842
Art Unit(s)
2836, 2504, 2816, 2842, 3621
Total Applications
3183
Issued Applications
2697
Pending Applications
173
Abandoned Applications
342

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/610639
DOHERTY AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT Mar 19, 2024 Pending
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18/850589
Non-isolated resonant gate drive circuit Mar 19, 2024 Issued
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18/611633
Location determination method, device, terminal device, and storage medium Mar 19, 2024 Issued
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18/607327
Plasma processing apparatus, power supply system, control method, program, and storage medium Mar 14, 2024 Issued
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18/603646
ADVANCED THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ATM) FOR PEDESTAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN HIGH POWER PECVD CHAMBER Mar 12, 2024 Pending
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18/602234
Ignition control method, film formation method, and substrate processing apparatus Mar 11, 2024 Issued
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18/598910
AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY EXIT GUIDANCE LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED PASSENGER SAFETY Mar 6, 2024 Pending
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18/598613
Method for determining amount of wear of edge ring, plasma processing apparatus, and substrate processing system Mar 6, 2024 Issued
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18/595328
SAMPLING CIRCUIT Mar 3, 2024 Pending
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18/588718
PLASMA POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT Feb 26, 2024 Issued
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18/583943
Plasma processing apparatus Feb 21, 2024 Issued
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18/582653
Driver of light emitting diode and light emitting device Feb 20, 2024 Issued
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18/581919
SLOPE-TEMPERATURE DRIFT CALIBRATION OF A SIGNAL STRENGTH DETECTOR Feb 19, 2024 Pending
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18/582597
DRIVE DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Feb 19, 2024 Pending
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18/444866
METHOD FOR ANALYZING SOUNDS IN A VEHICLE AND ACTIVATING A DISCO MODE IN THE VEHICLE BASED ON THE SOUNDS Feb 18, 2024 Pending
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18/432232
Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method Feb 4, 2024 Issued
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18/427509
Extreme edge sheath tunability with non-movable edge ring Jan 29, 2024 Issued
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18/426555
Systems and methods for aluminum ion beam generation source technology Jan 29, 2024 Issued
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18/427598
Gate resistor bypass for RF FET switch stack Jan 29, 2024 Issued
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18/418478
LAMP BEAD STRUCTURE ENCAPSULATING LED DRIVER ICS CONNECTED IN PARALLEL Jan 21, 2024 Abandoned
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