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Nathan K. Ford

Examiner (ID: 12525, Phone: (571)270-1880 , Office: P/1716 )

Most Active Art Unit
1716
Art Unit(s)
1712, 1792, 1716
Total Applications
752
Issued Applications
214
Pending Applications
105
Abandoned Applications
456

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/289903
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method using the same Oct 9, 2016 Issued
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15/277096
PLASMA ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD Sep 26, 2016 Abandoned
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15/273181
LARGE AREA DUAL SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM Sep 21, 2016 Abandoned
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16/329788
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION Sep 15, 2016 Pending
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16/329788
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION Sep 15, 2016 Pending
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15/263486
PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Sep 12, 2016 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 11293657 [patent_doc_number] => 20160343589 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-11-24 [patent_title] => 'DEPOSITION APPARATUS, APPARATUS FOR SUCCESSIVE DEPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/230696 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2016-08-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 18 [patent_figures_cnt] => 18 [patent_no_of_words] => 18632 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15230696 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/230696
DEPOSITION APPARATUS, APPARATUS FOR SUCCESSIVE DEPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Aug 7, 2016 Abandoned
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15/227688
TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED CHALCOGEN VAPOR DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UNIFORM CIGS DEPOSITION Aug 2, 2016 Abandoned
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15/216521
RESIST HARDENING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING Jul 20, 2016 Abandoned
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15/215143
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Jul 19, 2016 Pending
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15/742590
TREATMENT FACILITY COMPRISING A TRANSFER DEVICE BETWEEN A ZONE AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND A ZONE UNDER VACUUM, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF IMPLEMENTATION Jun 28, 2016 Abandoned
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15/195766
TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUBSTRATE PROCESSING Jun 27, 2016 Abandoned
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15/187879
Deposition apparatus and deposition method Jun 20, 2016 Issued
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15/185880
Fabrication of integrated computational elements using cylindrical substrate support shaped to match a cross-section of a spatial profile of a deposition plume Jun 16, 2016 Issued
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15/185254
SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD Jun 16, 2016 Abandoned
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15/171783
DODECADON TRANSFER CHAMBER AND PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME Jun 1, 2016 Abandoned
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15/158788
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD May 18, 2016 Abandoned
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15/139274
SUBSTRATE LIFT ASSEMBLIES Apr 25, 2016 Abandoned
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15/139174
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Apr 25, 2016 Abandoned
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15/097382
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Apr 12, 2016 Abandoned
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