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William A. Mintel

Examiner (ID: 13881)

Most Active Art Unit
2508
Art Unit(s)
2508, 2899, 2503, 2811
Total Applications
1598
Issued Applications
1310
Pending Applications
23
Abandoned Applications
265

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/856917
Process chamber with reduced plasma arc Apr 22, 2020 Issued
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16/856160
Depositing apparatus Apr 22, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16223184 [patent_doc_number] => 20200248301 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-08-06 [patent_title] => CONDUCTIVE THIN FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/853141 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-04-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 14945 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 135 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16853141 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/853141
Conductive thin film manufacturing method Apr 19, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17174021 [patent_doc_number] => 20210327692 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-10-21 [patent_title] => MULTI-CATHODE PROCESSING CHAMBER WITH DUAL ROTATABLE SHIELDS [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/849910 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-04-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 4662 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 106 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16849910 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/849910
Multi-cathode processing chamber with dual rotatable shields Apr 14, 2020 Issued
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16/846505
Methods and apparatus for passivating a target Apr 12, 2020 Issued
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16/847612
Sputter trap having multimodal particle size distribution Apr 12, 2020 Issued
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16/842896
Potassium sodium niobate sputtering target Apr 7, 2020 Issued
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17/606199
Anode for PVD processes Apr 6, 2020 Issued
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16/838987
Gas flow system Apr 1, 2020 Issued
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17/433140
Vacuum processing apparatus Mar 10, 2020 Issued
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17/433203
METHOD FOR PRODUCING TARGETS FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD) Feb 23, 2020 Pending
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16/793096
Sputtering apparatus and method for fabricating semiconductor device using the same Feb 17, 2020 Issued
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16/786228
Systems and methods for optimal source material deposition along hole edges Feb 9, 2020 Issued
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16/783282
Sputtering apparatus Feb 5, 2020 Issued
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17/426668
Ag ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET, AND Ag ALLOY FILM Jan 23, 2020 Abandoned
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16/750586
Physical Vapor Deposition Target Assembly Jan 22, 2020 Abandoned
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17/427730
AG ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET, AND AG ALLOY FILM Jan 22, 2020 Abandoned
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17/425280
ION BEAM DELAYERING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND ENDPOINT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR Jan 20, 2020 Abandoned
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17/425386
Sputtering target product and method for producing recycled sputtering target product Jan 14, 2020 Issued
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17/425386
Sputtering target product and method for producing recycled sputtering target product Jan 14, 2020 Issued
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