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Stephen Luther Blau

Examiner (ID: 14211, Phone: (571)272-4406 , Office: P/3711 )

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

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Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/672217
Etching method and plasma processing apparatus Feb 14, 2022 Issued
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17/669556
Method for preparing semiconductor device structure with lining layer Feb 10, 2022 Issued
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17/647756
Methods for producing an etch resist pattern on a metallic surface Jan 11, 2022 Issued
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17/572162
Semiconductor fabrication system embedded with effective baking module Jan 9, 2022 Issued
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17/570571
SILVER-BASED TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE LAYERS INTERFACED WITH COPPER TRACES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE STRUCTURES Jan 6, 2022 Pending
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17/570386
MXene with excellent mechanical strength and fast and high-yield anhydrous synthesis method thereof Jan 6, 2022 Issued
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17/559766
Substrate processing method, micropattern forming method, and substrate processing apparatus Dec 21, 2021 Issued
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17/645077
Method for selectively manufacturing material layer and target pattern Dec 19, 2021 Issued
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17/553879
Substrate processing method Dec 16, 2021 Issued
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17/550651
Remote source pulsing with advanced pulse control Dec 13, 2021 Issued
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18/256893
HIGH SELECTIVITY, LOW STRESS, AND LOW HYDROGEN CARBON HARDMASKS IN LOW-PRESSURE CONDITIONS WITH WIDE GAP ELECTRODE SPACING Dec 12, 2021 Pending
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17/547238
Etching method and etching apparatus Dec 9, 2021 Issued
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18/255530
Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) For Copper And Through-Silicon Via (TSV) Dec 6, 2021 Pending
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18/255975
RECESS ETCHING SOLUTION, RECESS ETCHING METHOD, AND SURFACE-TREATED SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD Dec 5, 2021 Pending
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17/543642
Calcium carbonate slurry Dec 5, 2021 Issued
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18/257085
METAL ETCH Dec 5, 2021 Pending
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17/457362
Method of making a distributed Bragg mirror Dec 1, 2021 Issued
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17/536544
Display device, method of manufacturing window, and method of manufacturing display device Nov 28, 2021 Issued
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17/535147
Method for increasing the surface roughness of a metal layer Nov 23, 2021 Issued
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17/532143
Selective etch process using hydrofluoric acid and ozone gases Nov 21, 2021 Issued
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