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Peter B. Kim

Examiner (ID: 5278, Phone: (571)272-2120 , Office: P/2882 )

Most Active Art Unit
2882
Art Unit(s)
2851, 2882
Total Applications
1826
Issued Applications
1444
Pending Applications
99
Abandoned Applications
303

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/577677
Detection apparatus, lithography apparatus, and article manufacturing method Jan 17, 2022 Issued
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17/575798
Positioning method and apparatus for particles on reticle, storage medium, and electronic device Jan 13, 2022 Issued
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17/647840
Method and device for enhancing alignment performance of lithographic device Jan 11, 2022 Issued
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17/570406
Reflectivity and transmittance measuring device of EUV mask and EUV pellicle Jan 6, 2022 Issued
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17/563419
Exposure apparatus and exposure method, and device manufacturing method Dec 27, 2021 Issued
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17/556441
System and method of generating a set of illumination patterns for use in a photomechanical shaping system Dec 19, 2021 Issued
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17/551167
Automatic berthing image ranging system for vessels and operation method thereof Dec 13, 2021 Issued
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18/266246
Optimization of lithographic process based on bandwidth and speckle Dec 8, 2021 Issued
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18/255310
Metrology method for measuring an etched trench and associated metrology apparatus Dec 7, 2021 Issued
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18/269191
Lithographic apparatus, metrology systems, and methods thereof Dec 1, 2021 Issued
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18/255261
Metrology system and coherence adjusters Dec 1, 2021 Issued
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18/255784
A STEPPER LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR, AND PATTERN ALIGNMENT DEVICE Nov 29, 2021 Pending
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18/039484
LITHOGRAPHIC METHOD Nov 28, 2021 Pending
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18/037939
Alignment system and method for aligning an object having an alignment mark Nov 18, 2021 Issued
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18/707280
Substrate treatment system and substrate treatment method Nov 16, 2021 Issued
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18/250542
APPARATUS AND METHOD OF LASER INTERFERENCE LITHOGRAPHY Nov 15, 2021 Abandoned
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18/038601
High force low voltage piezoelectric micromirror actuator Nov 11, 2021 Issued
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17/524210
System of inspecting pattern defect in scanning-type reflective extreme ultraviolet mask Nov 10, 2021 Issued
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18/036788
Metrology system and lithographic system Oct 31, 2021 Issued
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17/452831
Techniques for correction of aberrations Oct 28, 2021 Issued
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