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William M Pierce

Examiner (ID: 10512, Phone: (571)272-4414 , Office: P/3711 )

Most Active Art Unit
3711
Art Unit(s)
3711, 3304
Total Applications
2343
Issued Applications
1366
Pending Applications
134
Abandoned Applications
843

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/831746
Metal semiconductor contacts Mar 25, 2020 Issued
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16/829248
Method for alignment, process tool and method for wafer-level alignment Mar 24, 2020 Issued
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16/824339
Semiconductor device including two thin-film transistors and method of fabricating the same Mar 18, 2020 Issued
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16/811898
Semiconductor device including high electron mobility transistor or high hole mobility transistor and method of fabricating the same Mar 5, 2020 Issued
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16/800214
Memory device Feb 24, 2020 Issued
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16/797048
Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, inverter circuit, driving device, vehicle, and elevator Feb 20, 2020 Issued
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16/796667
Semiconductor device with dummy gate and metal gate and method of fabricating the same Feb 19, 2020 Issued
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16/796273
Semiconductor device including oxide semiconductor layer Feb 19, 2020 Issued
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16/796372
Chip corner areas with a dummy fill pattern Feb 19, 2020 Issued
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16/796326
LDMOS finFET structure with buried insulator layer and method for forming same Feb 19, 2020 Issued
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16/793590
Field plate structures with patterned surface passivation layers and methods for manufacturing thereof Feb 17, 2020 Issued
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16/791547
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device Feb 13, 2020 Issued
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17/436765
SENSOR CHIP AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Feb 12, 2020 Pending
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16/781294
SiC EPITAXIAL WAFER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Feb 3, 2020 Abandoned
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16/742062
SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS Jan 13, 2020 Abandoned
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17/040548
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof employing an etching transition layer Dec 30, 2019 Issued
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16/722093
Termination structure for insulated gate semiconductor device and method Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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16/722321
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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16/719175
Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same Dec 17, 2019 Issued
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16/705786
GaN lateral vertical HJFET with source-P block contact Dec 5, 2019 Issued
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