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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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17/347997
Cathodic arc ignition device Jun 14, 2021 Issued
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17/337528
Automated temperature controlled substrate support Jun 2, 2021 Issued
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17/334630
Methods for shaping magnetic fields during semiconductor processing May 27, 2021 Issued
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17/329796
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate May 24, 2021 Issued
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17/327955
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate using improved shield configurations May 23, 2021 Issued
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17/316883
Physical vapor deposition processing systems target cooling May 10, 2021 Issued
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17/241241
Organic contamination free surface machining Apr 26, 2021 Issued
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17/239740
SINTERED COMPACT TARGET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SINTERED COMPACT Apr 25, 2021 Abandoned
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17/235351
Advanced sputter targets for ion generation Apr 19, 2021 Issued
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17/235003
Process for producing and using a W--Ni sputtering target Apr 19, 2021 Issued
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17/996718
Yttrium ingot and sputtering target in which the yttrium ingot is used Apr 18, 2021 Issued
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17/214656
Cover ring and ground shield for physical vapor deposition chamber Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/213757
Sputtering target, method of bonding target material and backing plate, and method of manufacturing sputtering target Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/906927
Cr--Si sintered body, sputtering target, and method for producing thin film Mar 23, 2021 Issued
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17/206768
Substrate processing method and apparatus Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/203786
Methods of reducing particles in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber Mar 16, 2021 Issued
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17/197622
Convertible magnetics for rotary cathode Mar 9, 2021 Issued
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17/183587
Internally divisible process chamber using a shutter disk assembly Feb 23, 2021 Issued
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18/274439
METHOD OF PROVIDING A REACTION CHAMBER, REACTION CHAMBER AND LASER EVAPORATION SYSTEM Feb 17, 2021 Pending
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17/177070
High throughput vacuum deposition sources and system Feb 15, 2021 Issued
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