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William A. Powell

Examiner (ID: 12339)

Most Active Art Unit
1765
Art Unit(s)
1307, 1109, 1301, 1304, 1303, 1765, 1106, 1104, 1763, 1502, 3202
Total Applications
3597
Issued Applications
3357
Pending Applications
97
Abandoned Applications
143

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 1581269 [patent_doc_number] => 06423644 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-07-23 [patent_title] => 'Method of etching tungsten or tungsten nitride electrode gates in semiconductor structures' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/614396 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-07-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 5926 [patent_no_of_claims] => 44 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 79 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/423/06423644.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09614396 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/614396
Method of etching tungsten or tungsten nitride electrode gates in semiconductor structures Jul 11, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1574821 [patent_doc_number] => 06468913 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-10-22 [patent_title] => 'Ready-to-use stable chemical-mechanical polishing slurries' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/611702 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-07-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 1 [patent_figures_cnt] => 1 [patent_no_of_words] => 3556 [patent_no_of_claims] => 37 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 77 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/468/06468913.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09611702 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/611702
Ready-to-use stable chemical-mechanical polishing slurries Jul 7, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1559912 [patent_doc_number] => 06436834 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-08-20 [patent_title] => 'Chemical-mechanical abrasive composition and method' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/611831 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-07-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 2 [patent_figures_cnt] => 2 [patent_no_of_words] => 3716 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 35 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/436/06436834.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09611831 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/611831
Chemical-mechanical abrasive composition and method Jul 6, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1594688 [patent_doc_number] => 06383941 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-05-07 [patent_title] => 'Method of etching organic ARCs in patterns having variable spacings' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/611085 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-07-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 6023 [patent_no_of_claims] => 17 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 55 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/383/06383941.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09611085 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/611085
Method of etching organic ARCs in patterns having variable spacings Jul 5, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1507519 [patent_doc_number] => 06440864 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-08-27 [patent_title] => 'Substrate cleaning process' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/607822 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-06-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 8331 [patent_no_of_claims] => 46 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 37 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/440/06440864.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09607822 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/607822
Substrate cleaning process Jun 29, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1469920 [patent_doc_number] => 06407001 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-06-18 [patent_title] => 'Focused ion beam etching of copper' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/608116 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-06-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 2 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 4331 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 32 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/407/06407001.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09608116 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/608116
Focused ion beam etching of copper Jun 29, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4327614 [patent_doc_number] => 06319837 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-11-20 [patent_title] => 'Technique for reducing dishing in Cu-based interconnects' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/606833 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-06-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 2 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 1591 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 41 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/319/06319837.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 606833 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/606833
Technique for reducing dishing in Cu-based interconnects Jun 28, 2000 Issued
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09/605436
Semiconductor device manufacturing method Jun 28, 2000 Issued
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09/607511
Process for forming trenches and vias in layers of low dielectric constant carbon-doped silicon oxide dielectric material of an integrated circuit structure Jun 27, 2000 Issued
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09/607512
Process for forming trenches and vias in layers of low dielectric constant carbon-doped silicon oxide dielectric material of an integrated circuit structure Jun 27, 2000 Issued
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09/508624
Composition for bottom reflection preventive film and novel polymeric dye for use in the same Jun 26, 2000 Issued
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09/603274
Removal of a top IC die from a bottom IC die of a multichip IC package with preservation of interconnect Jun 25, 2000 Issued
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09/604010
Method of forming the capacitor with HSG in DRAM Jun 25, 2000 Issued
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09/602612
Method and apparatus for endpointing planarization of a microelectronic substrate Jun 21, 2000 Issued
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09/599172
Method for forming multi-level metal interconnection Jun 21, 2000 Issued
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09/599143
Methods of selectively etching polysilicon relative to at least one of deposited oxide, thermally grown oxide and nitride, and methods of selectively etching polysilicon relative to BPSG Jun 20, 2000 Issued
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09/597189
Etching process using a buffer layer Jun 19, 2000 Issued
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09/597441
Elimination/reduction of black silicon in DT etch Jun 19, 2000 Issued
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09/598589
Plasma producing tools, dual-source plasma etchers, dual-source plasma etching methods, and method of forming planar coil dual-source plasma etchers Jun 19, 2000 Issued
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09/595750
Plasma reactor with heated source of a polymer-hardening precursor material Jun 15, 2000 Issued
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