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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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18/701439
VALVE MANIFOLD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING Oct 17, 2022 Pending
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18/694449
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PUMP ELEMENT COMPRISING THE PRODUCTION OF A GETTER MATERIAL DEPOSIT BY ION BEAM SPUTTERING Oct 13, 2022 Pending
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17/927509
AIN layer, its fabrication process and epitaxial wafer Sep 21, 2022 Issued
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17/932805
Methods of and apparatus for magnetron sputtering Sep 15, 2022 Issued
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18/689017
Reference Box for Direct-Drive Radiofrequency Power Supply Sep 12, 2022 Pending
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18/687294
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Sep 1, 2022 Pending
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17/899077
Deposition equipment with shielding mechanism Aug 29, 2022 Issued
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17/890913
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 Aug 17, 2022 Issued
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18/293582
Sputtering machines, substrate holders, and sputtering processes with magnetic biasing Aug 9, 2022 Issued
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17/883965
Interconnect structures and methods and apparatuses for forming the same Aug 8, 2022 Issued
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18/682253
Method for patterning a substrate, a method for forming a microstructure on a substrate, and a method for fabricating a fluidic device Aug 7, 2022 Issued
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17/878227
METHOD FOR MODIFYING CARBON FIBER AND PRODUCT THEREOF Jul 31, 2022 Abandoned
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17/814551
Analyzing method Jul 24, 2022 Issued
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17/871455
Process kits and related methods for processing chambers to facilitate deposition process adjustability Jul 21, 2022 Issued
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18/293321
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Jul 18, 2022 Pending
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18/290738
PLASMA SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SQUARE-SHAPED PULSE SIGNALS Jul 17, 2022 Pending
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18/567451
CONDUCTIVE SILICON SPUTTERING TARGETS Jul 14, 2022 Abandoned
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17/865144
Etch uniformity improvement for single turn internal coil PVD chamber Jul 13, 2022 Issued
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17/855517
System and method for measuring magnetic fields in PVD system Jun 29, 2022 Issued
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17/840055
FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD Jun 13, 2022 Abandoned
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