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Rodney Glenn Mcdonald

Examiner (ID: 3721, Phone: (571)272-1340 , Office: P/1756 )

Most Active Art Unit
1753
Art Unit(s)
1753, 1795, 1794, 1109, 1724, 1756
Total Applications
2737
Issued Applications
1673
Pending Applications
297
Abandoned Applications
802

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/450209
Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus Oct 6, 2021 Issued
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17/494017
Shielding device and thin-film-deposition equipment with the same Oct 4, 2021 Issued
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17/491762
Reduced ripple in switch mode power supply with snubber Sep 30, 2021 Issued
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17/490574
Magnetron sputtering apparatus and magnetron sputtering method Sep 29, 2021 Issued
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17/484654
Shielding device and thin-film-deposition equipment with the same Sep 23, 2021 Issued
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17/475027
ION BEAM DEPOSITION OF A LOW RESISTIVITY METAL Sep 13, 2021 Abandoned
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17/474831
PVD CHAMBER SHIELD STRUCTURE INCLUDING IMPROVED COTAING LAYER OR SHIELD Sep 13, 2021 Abandoned
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17/473038
Shielding device and thin-film-deposition equipment with the same Sep 12, 2021 Issued
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17/447308
Argon-helium based coating Sep 9, 2021 Issued
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18/026575
Coating apparatus and coating method having divided pulses Sep 5, 2021 Issued
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17/466399
FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, SPUTTERING TARGET, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Sep 2, 2021 Abandoned
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17/464432
PHOTORESISTS BY PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION Aug 31, 2021 Pending
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17/461742
Deposition apparatus, deposition target structure, and method Aug 29, 2021 Issued
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17/461725
Deposition system and method Aug 29, 2021 Issued
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17/461147
System and method for performing semiconductor processes with coated bell jar Aug 29, 2021 Issued
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17/445693
Use of titanium nitride as an electrode in non-faradaic electrochemical cell Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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17/409602
Shielding mechanism and substrate-processing chamber with the same Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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18/021537
CHARGED-PARTICLE INSPECTION APPARATUS Aug 15, 2021 Pending
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17/395186
Physical vapor deposition apparatus Aug 4, 2021 Issued
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17/391145
Method of coating a substrate and coating apparatus for coating a substrate Aug 1, 2021 Issued
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