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William D. Thomson

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 14989, Phone: (571)272-3718 , Office: P/3769 )

Most Active Art Unit
2123
Art Unit(s)
3797, 2123, 2763, 3793, 3769, 2758, 2194
Total Applications
504
Issued Applications
156
Pending Applications
163
Abandoned Applications
185

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/750151
System and method for detecting debris in a photolithography system May 19, 2022 Issued
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17/745029
Method and system for manufacturing a semiconductor device May 15, 2022 Issued
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17/742260
RESIST TOPCOAT COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS USING THE COMPOSITION May 10, 2022 Pending
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17/739199
Method of lithographically forming an optical structure in a semiconductor substrate May 8, 2022 Issued
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17/736254
Mark detecting apparatus, mark learning apparatus, substrate processing apparatus, mark detecting method, and manufacturing method of article May 3, 2022 Issued
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17/735707
Wet-dry bilayer resist dual tone exposure May 2, 2022 Issued
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17/660669
Apparatuses including a conductive contact including a dielectric material surrounded by a conductive material Apr 25, 2022 Issued
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17/660111
Variable hardness amorphous carbon mask Apr 20, 2022 Issued
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17/724422
Semiconductor device package Apr 18, 2022 Issued
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17/723240
System and method for lateral shearing interferometry in an inspection tool Apr 17, 2022 Issued
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17/717730
Self aligned contact scheme Apr 10, 2022 Issued
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17/657493
Method for forming continuous line-end to line-end spaces with spacer assisted lithography-etch-lithography etch processes Mar 30, 2022 Issued
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17/707968
Conductive wire structure Mar 29, 2022 Issued
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17/679719
Conductive lines with subtractive cuts Feb 23, 2022 Issued
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17/677469
Self-aligned double patterning with spacer-merge region Feb 21, 2022 Issued
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17/651843
Sacrificial layer for semiconductor process Feb 20, 2022 Issued
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17/668597
Mask blank, method for manufacturing reflective mask, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device Feb 9, 2022 Issued
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17/920684
PHOTOPOLYMER COMPOSITION FOR HOLOGRAM FORMATION, HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPTICAL ELEMENTS Feb 3, 2022 Pending
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18/271383
Resist underlayer film-forming composition including reaction product of acid dianhydride Jan 25, 2022 Issued
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17/784064
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING PROXIMITY EFFECT OF ELECTRON BEAM Dec 28, 2021 Pending
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