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Stephen Luther Blau

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Most Active Art Unit
3711
Art Unit(s)
3304, 3711
Total Applications
2532
Issued Applications
1715
Pending Applications
84
Abandoned Applications
734

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/946465
METHOD FOR INCREASING OXYGEN CONTENT IN TMAH ETCHING Sep 15, 2022 Abandoned
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17/931374
End point detection method and apparatus for anisotropic etching using variable etch gas flow Sep 11, 2022 Issued
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17/929786
Protective film agent and processing method of workpiece Sep 5, 2022 Issued
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17/900008
TREATMENT LIQUID AND TREATMENT LIQUID CONTAINER Aug 30, 2022 Pending
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17/899862
TREATMENT LIQUID AND TREATMENT LIQUID CONTAINER Aug 30, 2022 Pending
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18/686043
POLISHING LIQUID, POLISHING METHOD, COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD Aug 28, 2022 Pending
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17/898052
Template, method for manufacturing template, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device Aug 28, 2022 Issued
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17/896073
ETCHANT COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING METAL PATTERN AND ARRAY SUBSTRATE USING THE SAME Aug 25, 2022 Abandoned
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17/895534
CHEMICAL LIQUID AND TREATMENT METHOD Aug 24, 2022 Abandoned
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18/686790
SELF-ALIGNED BUILD-UP PROCESSING Aug 24, 2022 Issued
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17/893955
Methods for polishing dielectric layer in forming semiconductor device Aug 22, 2022 Issued
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17/882199
METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY REMOVING NICKEL PLATINUM MATERIAL Aug 4, 2022 Abandoned
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17/880479
Metal oxide resists for EUV patterning and methods for developing the same Aug 2, 2022 Issued
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17/879873
Double hardmasks for self-aligned multi-patterning processes Aug 2, 2022 Issued
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18/294889
POLISHING LIQUID FOR CMP, POLISHING LIQUID SET FOR CMP AND POLISHING METHOD Aug 2, 2022 Pending
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17/879610
METHOD OF FIN SELECTION FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Aug 1, 2022 Pending
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18/547497
Semiconductor Structures and Methods of Forming Them Jul 31, 2022 Pending
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18/577266
CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING COMPOSITION AND POLISHING METHOD Jul 31, 2022 Pending
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17/877089
Method and system for fabricating a MEMS device Jul 28, 2022 Issued
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17/875756
Metal hard mask for precise tuning of mandrels Jul 27, 2022 Issued
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