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Nathan K. Ford

Examiner (ID: 18310, Phone: (571)270-1880 , Office: P/1716 )

Most Active Art Unit
1716
Art Unit(s)
1792, 1716, 1712
Total Applications
751
Issued Applications
214
Pending Applications
108
Abandoned Applications
455

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/854295
PROCESSING CHAMBER FOR THERMAL PROCESSES Apr 20, 2020 Abandoned
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16/827007
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INLINE COATING OF SUBSTRATES Mar 22, 2020 Abandoned
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16/812505
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Mar 8, 2020 Abandoned
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16/812432
Substrate processing apparatus Mar 8, 2020 Issued
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16/786553
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTILEVEL FABRICATORS Feb 9, 2020 Abandoned
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17/419841
METAL ATOMIC LAYER ETCH AND DEPOSITION APPARATUSES AND PROCESSES WITH METAL-FREE LIGANDS Jan 6, 2020 Pending
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16/711658
Alignment apparatus, deposition apparatus, electronic device manufacturing apparatus, and alignment method Dec 11, 2019 Issued
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16/711942
MULTI-STATION PROCESSING CHAMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR Dec 11, 2019 Abandoned
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16/700376
FREE-SPAN COATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Dec 1, 2019 Pending
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16/700376
FREE-SPAN COATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Dec 1, 2019 Pending
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16/677446
TEMPERATURE-INDEXED THIN FILM DEPOSITION REACTORS Nov 6, 2019 Abandoned
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16/667986
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORKPIECE PROCESSING Oct 29, 2019 Pending
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16/595496
VACUUM PROCESS APPARATUS AND VACUUM PROCESS METHOD Oct 7, 2019 Abandoned
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16/591800
COOLING STRUCTURE AND PARALLEL PLATE ETCHING APPARATUS Oct 2, 2019 Abandoned
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16/580232
VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS Sep 23, 2019 Pending
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16/567818
SUPPORT ASSEMBLY Sep 10, 2019 Abandoned
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16/564504
VACUUM TRANSFER MODULE AND VACUUM TRANSFER METHOD Sep 8, 2019 Abandoned
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16/457967
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM Jun 28, 2019 Abandoned
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17/251442
Plasma boat for receiving wafers with regulated plasma deposition Jun 12, 2019 Issued
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16/430709
TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR TREATING WORKPIECE Jun 3, 2019 Abandoned
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