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Samuel A. Acquah

Examiner (ID: 13702)

Most Active Art Unit
1711
Art Unit(s)
1774, 1711, 2899, 1207, 1754, 1503
Total Applications
2690
Issued Applications
2329
Pending Applications
91
Abandoned Applications
269

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/694226
Continuous replenishment crystal growth Nov 24, 2019 Issued
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17/296217
Crystal growth apparatus Nov 18, 2019 Issued
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16/676408
METHOD, DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CRYSTAL GROWING CONTROL Nov 5, 2019 Abandoned
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17/291572
SiC semiconductor substrate, and, production method therefor and production device therefor Nov 4, 2019 Issued
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16/668119
Gemstone growing device Oct 29, 2019 Issued
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16/665343
Processing chamber with annealing mini-environment Oct 27, 2019 Issued
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17/288362
CRYSTAL, METHOD OF PRODUCING CRYSTAL, AND METHOD OF SELF-ORGANIZING SILANOL COMPOUND Oct 22, 2019 Pending
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16/656804
Cluster tool techniques with improved efficiency Oct 17, 2019 Issued
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17/284936
Method for manufacturing a single crystal by solution growth enabling trapping of parasitic crystals Oct 13, 2019 Issued
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17/283158
Method for heat-treating silicon wafer Oct 9, 2019 Issued
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16/587066
Method for epitaxial growth of single crystalline heterogeneous 2D materials and stacked structure Sep 29, 2019 Issued
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17/279623
Device for pulling a single crystal of semiconductor material out of a melt using the CZ method, and method using the device Sep 26, 2019 Issued
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17/277742
High pressure spatial chemical vapor deposition system and related process Sep 23, 2019 Issued
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16/547709
Crystal growth apparatus Aug 21, 2019 Issued
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16/520646
Blocker plate for use in a substrate process chamber Jul 23, 2019 Issued
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16/444148
Impurity control during formation of aluminum nitride crystals and thermal treatment of aluminum nitride crystals Jun 17, 2019 Issued
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16/444290
Seed lifting and rotating system for use in crystal growth Jun 17, 2019 Issued
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16/425980
Method for producing III-N templates and the reprocessing thereof and III-N template May 29, 2019 Issued
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16/424987
Method and setup for growing bulk single crystals May 28, 2019 Issued
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16/479551
Chemical-vapor-deposition silicon carbide bulk having improved etching characteristic May 21, 2019 Issued
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