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Rodney Glenn Mcdonald

Examiner (ID: 8159, Phone: (571)272-1340 , Office: P/1756 )

Most Active Art Unit
1753
Art Unit(s)
1756, 1794, 1724, 1109, 1753, 1795
Total Applications
2724
Issued Applications
1662
Pending Applications
316
Abandoned Applications
800

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/335241
Low resistivity metal contact stack May 31, 2021 Issued
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17/334783
WAFER-HOLDING DEVICE AND THIN-FILM-DEPOSITION EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME May 29, 2021 Abandoned
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17/334248
Direct-deposition system including standoffs for controlling substrate-mask separation May 27, 2021 Issued
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17/330946
Film forming apparatus and method for reducing arcing May 25, 2021 Issued
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17/999914
Heating device and semiconductor processing apparatus May 25, 2021 Issued
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17/328855
Magnetron assembly having coolant guide for enhanced target cooling May 23, 2021 Issued
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17/999596
METAL-Si BASED POWDER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, METAL-Si BASED SINTERED BODY, SPUTTERING TARGET, AND METAL-Si BASED THIN FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD May 23, 2021 Pending
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17/999596
METAL-Si BASED POWDER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, METAL-Si BASED SINTERED BODY, SPUTTERING TARGET, AND METAL-Si BASED THIN FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD May 23, 2021 Pending
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17/781050
CuV May 10, 2021 Issued
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17/781050
CuV May 10, 2021 Issued
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17/781050
CuV May 10, 2021 Issued
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17/922169
Manufacturing apparatus and method for microwave device Apr 19, 2021 Issued
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17/921088
Semiconductor processing apparatus and magnetron mechanism Apr 15, 2021 Issued
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17/219320
Method of forming nitride semiconductor film Mar 30, 2021 Issued
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17/913353
Method for monitoring process conditions of, and method for controlling, a plasma PVD process Mar 28, 2021 Issued
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17/912825
RF MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR FOR HARMONIC MEASUREMENTS AND UNIFORMITY CONTROL Mar 18, 2021 Pending
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17/206927
Method for growing crystalline optical films on Si substrates which may optionally have an extremely small optical loss in the infra-red spectrum with hydrogenation of the crystalline optical films Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/197885
ION BEAM DEPOSITION OF A LOW RESISTIVITY METAL Mar 9, 2021 Abandoned
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17/198005
Substrate processing device and method of manufacturing substrate processing device Mar 9, 2021 Issued
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17/187058
METHOD OF MAKING PARTICLES CONTAINING METAL AND ACTIVE BATTERY MATERIAL FOR ELECTRODE FABRICATION Feb 25, 2021 Abandoned
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