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Stephen W. Smoot

Examiner (ID: 4681)

Most Active Art Unit
2813
Art Unit(s)
2813
Total Applications
1918
Issued Applications
1744
Pending Applications
33
Abandoned Applications
142

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/626302
Inspection apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the same Jun 18, 2017 Issued
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15/627189
Formation of epitaxial layers via dislocation filtering Jun 18, 2017 Issued
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15/625480
Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device Jun 15, 2017 Issued
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15/616979
Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method Jun 7, 2017 Issued
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15/616131
Threshold voltage modulation through channel length adjustment Jun 6, 2017 Issued
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15/616633
Semiconductor device including memory cell array and power supply region Jun 6, 2017 Issued
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15/614786
Adaptive capacitors with reduced variation in value and in-line methods for making same Jun 5, 2017 Issued
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15/600876
Semiconductor device with gate electrode embedded in substrate May 21, 2017 Issued
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15/599788
Manufacturing apparatus of light-emitting element May 18, 2017 Issued
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15/592256
Fin-type resistor May 10, 2017 Issued
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15/590768
Metal based nanowire tunnel junctions May 8, 2017 Issued
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15/494035
Graphene-containing device having graphene nanopatterns separated by narrow dead zone distance Apr 20, 2017 Issued
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15/493847
Method and structure for semiconductor mid-end-of-line (MEOL) process Apr 20, 2017 Issued
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15/475745
LED Packaging Structure Having Stacked Arrangement Of Protection Element And LED Chip Mar 30, 2017 Abandoned
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16/481028
Metal chemical vapor deposition approaches for fabricating wrap-around contacts and resulting structures Mar 29, 2017 Issued
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16/481031
Ultra-low profile package shielding technique using magnetic and conductive layers for integrated switching voltage regulator Mar 29, 2017 Issued
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16/481043
Three-dimensional decoupling integration within hole in motherboard Mar 29, 2017 Issued
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16/086697
Solid-state imaging element, sensor apparatus, and electronic device Mar 16, 2017 Issued
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16/086708
Semiconductor device, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, integrated substrate, and electronic device Mar 16, 2017 Issued
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15/459648
Packaging device having plural microstructures disposed proximate to die mounting region Mar 14, 2017 Issued
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