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Walter H. Swanson

Examiner (ID: 2415, Phone: (571)270-3322 , Office: P/2823 )

Most Active Art Unit
2823
Art Unit(s)
2823, 2815, 2809, 4137
Total Applications
1143
Issued Applications
886
Pending Applications
77
Abandoned Applications
216

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/701965
Method for preparing semiconductor device structure with fine boron nitride spacer patterns Mar 22, 2022 Issued
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17/695943
Three-dimensional semiconductor structures Mar 15, 2022 Issued
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17/683201
THROUGH WAFER ISOLATION ELEMENT BACKSIDE PROCESSING Feb 27, 2022 Pending
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17/682621
Gate formation process Feb 27, 2022 Issued
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17/680877
Semiconductor package including stacked chip structure Feb 24, 2022 Issued
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17/680996
Method of forming patterns, integrated circuit device, and method of manufacturing the integrated circuit device Feb 24, 2022 Issued
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17/676179
3D SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND STRUCTURE Feb 19, 2022 Abandoned
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17/650983
Semiconductor structure and forming method thereof Feb 13, 2022 Issued
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17/584636
Method of manufacturing capacitor array Jan 25, 2022 Issued
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17/584126
Precursor delivery system and method for cyclic deposition Jan 24, 2022 Issued
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17/582726
Method of manufacturing semiconductor structure having air gap Jan 23, 2022 Issued
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17/579487
HIGH THROUGHPUT DEPOSITION PROCESS Jan 18, 2022 Pending
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17/576606
Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same Jan 13, 2022 Issued
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17/647994
Patterning method and semiconductor structure Jan 13, 2022 Issued
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17/647766
Method for forming pattern Jan 11, 2022 Issued
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17/572807
Method for fabricating semiconductor device using tilted etch process Jan 10, 2022 Issued
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17/573479
Guard ring design enabling in-line testing of silicon bridges for semiconductor packages Jan 10, 2022 Issued
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17/572382
Integrated circuit product and chip floorplan arrangement thereof Jan 9, 2022 Issued
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18/256160
Semiconductor apparatus Jan 6, 2022 Issued
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17/568625
Semiconductor apparatus and method having a lead frame with floating leads Jan 3, 2022 Issued
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