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Stephen D. Meier

Examiner (ID: 2515)

Most Active Art Unit
2503
Art Unit(s)
2815, 2822, 2811, 2503, 2853, 2863
Total Applications
1320
Issued Applications
965
Pending Applications
40
Abandoned Applications
315

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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09/824957
Structure and method for improved isolation in trench storage cells Apr 2, 2001 Issued
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09/820837
Semiconductor device Mar 29, 2001 Issued
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09/812611
Method of transferring semiconductors Mar 19, 2001 Issued
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09/811589
Fabrication method for semiconductor integrated circuit devices and semiconductor integrated circuit device Mar 19, 2001 Issued
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09/810577
Fabrication method for semiconductor integrated circuit devices and semiconductor integrated circuit device Mar 18, 2001 Issued
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09/810227
Image sensor, method of fabricating the same, and exposure apparatus, measuring device, alignment device, and aberration measuring device using the image sensor Mar 15, 2001 Abandoned
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09/804890
Relaxed InxGa1xAs buffers Mar 12, 2001 Issued
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09/803002
Semiconductor light emitting device and method Mar 8, 2001 Issued
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09/803457
Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing same Mar 8, 2001 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6885906 [patent_doc_number] => 20010019175 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2001-09-06 [patent_title] => 'In-situ silicon nitride and silicon based oxide deposition with graded interface for damascene application' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 09/803232 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2001-03-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 2 [patent_figures_cnt] => 2 [patent_no_of_words] => 3761 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 36 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0019/20010019175.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09803232 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/803232
In-situ silicon nitride and silicon based oxide deposition with graded interface for damascene application Mar 8, 2001 Issued
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09/801327
Wide bit memory using post passivation interconnection scheme Mar 6, 2001 Issued
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09/799577
Semiconductor device and process for the same Mar 6, 2001 Issued
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09/791827
Thin film transistor Feb 25, 2001 Issued
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09/790597
Charge-coupled device as well as a solid-state image pick-up device comprising a charge-coupled device Feb 21, 2001 Abandoned
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09/791316
Semiconductor integrated circuit with an insulation structure having reduced permittivity Feb 21, 2001 Issued
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09/701951
Nitride based transistors on semi-insulating silicon carbide substrates Feb 15, 2001 Issued
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09/681197
Method of forming a metal-insulator-metal capacitor for dual damascene interconnect processing and the device so formed Feb 15, 2001 Issued
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09/779547
Dynamic memory based on single electron storage Feb 8, 2001 Issued
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09/762487
Reduced dark current pin photo diodes using intentional doping Feb 6, 2001 Issued
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09/776577
Semiconductor device with reverse conducting faculty Feb 1, 2001 Issued
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