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Rodney Glenn Mcdonald

Examiner (ID: 17185, Phone: (571)272-1340 , Office: P/1756 )

Most Active Art Unit
1753
Art Unit(s)
1756, 1794, 1109, 1753, 1724, 1795
Total Applications
2773
Issued Applications
1688
Pending Applications
309
Abandoned Applications
807

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/349140
Vacuum deposition into trenches and vias and etch of trenches and via Jul 7, 2023 Issued
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18/346967
Vacuum deposition into trenches and vias Jul 4, 2023 Issued
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18/217918
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION METHOD Jul 2, 2023 Pending
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18/344898
Method of forming transparent layers for a solar cell Jun 29, 2023 Issued
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18/344865
CRYSTAL GROWTH FURNACE SYSTEM Jun 29, 2023 Pending
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18/214498
Magnetron design for improved bottom coverage and uniformity Jun 25, 2023 Issued
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18/214355
Scanned angled etching apparatus and techniques providing separate co-linear radicals and ions Jun 25, 2023 Issued
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18/340429
LINEAR EVAPORATION SOURCE Jun 22, 2023 Pending
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18/339920
Film forming position misalignment correction method and film forming system Jun 21, 2023 Issued
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18/340429
LINEAR EVAPORATION SOURCE Jun 21, 2023 Pending
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18/211887
FOCUS RING, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION METHOD USING THE SAME Jun 19, 2023 Pending
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18/337430
Physical vapor deposition (PVD) with target erosion profile monitoring Jun 19, 2023 Issued
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18/210409
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method Jun 14, 2023 Issued
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18/332843
Substrate processing apparatus Jun 11, 2023 Issued
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18/871809
GALLIUM NITRIDE SINTERED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Jun 8, 2023 Pending
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18/331321
Interconnect structures and methods and apparatuses for forming the same Jun 7, 2023 Issued
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18/992526
Co-Cr-Pt-OXIDE-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET May 31, 2023 Pending
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18/327590
PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD May 31, 2023 Pending
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18/868585
ELECTRON BEAM DEVICE FOR SURFACE TREATMENT May 24, 2023 Pending
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18/201055
Method and Apparatus for Deposition of Mental Nitrides May 22, 2023 Pending
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