Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lam Research Corporation

95 pending office actions • 36 art units • 75 examiners • 0 of 95 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 230 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

95
Total Pending OAs
73
Non-Final OAs
21
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 95 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

52
Overdue
2
Due this week
27
Due this month
8
Due in next 60 days
6
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 95 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (52)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (27)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (6)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

2
Hard (2%)
82
Medium (86%)
7
Easy (7%)
4
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (2%)
§103 only76 (80%)
§102 only4 (4%)
§112 only7 (7%)
Double-patenting + other2 (2%)
No statute on record4 (4%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

56
Life Sciences
59% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
27
Semiconductors
28% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

950 h
Manual time on pending OAs
190 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
332 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
8.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 3 32.8% +22.7%
LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 3 78.4% +31.3%
REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 3 42.2% +51.6%
MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 2 29.4% +34.6%
CHEN, BRET P 2 84.2% +16.7%
BENNETT, CHARLEE 2 57.6% +36.1%
CHAN, LAUREEN 2 58.1% +54.7%
SWEELY, KURT D 2 53.2% +34.4%
NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z 2 44.0% +40.0%
TUROCY, DAVID P 2 46.7% +36.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18837560 LOW RESISTANCE MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITION FOR LOGIC SOURCE/DRAIN CONTACTS CHEN, BRET P 22d
18721457 CONFORMAL SILICON OXIDE DEPOSITION USING AMINOSILANE AND CHLOROSILANE PRECURSORS CHEN, BRET P 84d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18847683 REDUCING CAPACITANCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 77d overdue
18034834 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM TOOLS FOR MONITORING, ASSESSING AND RESPONDING BASED ON HEALTH INCLUDING SENSOR MAPPING AND TRIGGERED DATALOGGING BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. 35d overdue
18011445 Systems and Methods for Analyzing and Intelligently Collecting Sensor Data GO, RICKY 22d
18847173 SEAM-FREE AND CRACK-FREE DEPOSITION MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 40d

Interview Candidates (23)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18002788 ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR, A METAL, OR A METAL OXIDE WITH SELECTIVITY TO A DIELECTRIC LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 120d overdue
18001590 REMOVAL OF TIN OXIDE IN CHAMBER CLEANING LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 111d overdue
18247060 DEPOSITION RATE ENHANCEMENT OF AMORPHOUS CARBON HARD MASK FILM BY PURELY CHEMICAL MEANS TUROCY, DAVID P 100d overdue
17593117 PLASMA ETCH TOOL FOR HIGH ASPECT RATIO ETCHING REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 91d overdue
17821107 ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING AND SMOOTHING OF REFRACTORY METALS AND OTHER HIGH SURFACE BINDING ENERGY MATERIALS NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z 86d overdue
18847683 REDUCING CAPACITANCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 77d overdue
18002289 MULTI-STATION PROCESSING TOOLS WITH STATION-VARYING SUPPORT FEATURES FOR BACKSIDE PROCESSING BENNETT, CHARLEE 49d overdue
17927297 ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION COATED POWDER COATING FOR PROCESSING CHAMBER COMPONENTS KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 45d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1716 19
1718 18
1713 7
1717 4
3753 3
2844 3
1794 3
2896 3
2842 2
2838 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18865913 THROTTLE VALVE FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2024
18936877 UNIFORMITY CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR IMPEDANCE MATCH HOUSTON, ADAM D 2842 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 04, 2024
18932475 VACUUM-INTEGRATED HARDMASK PROCESSES AND APPARATUS MAYY, MOHAMMAD 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2024
18928852 Systems and Methods for Extracting Process Control Information from Radiofrequency Supply System of Plasma Processing System KAISER, SYED M 2831 Other Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2024
18854754 HEAT GUARD WANG, XIAOBEI 1784 §112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Oct 07, 2024
18847683 REDUCING CAPACITANCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Sep 17, 2024
18847652 LOW-K DIELECTRIC PROTECTION DURING PLASMA DEPOSITION OF SILICON NITRIDE GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2024
18847308 FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR IMPEDANCE MATCHING FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C 2844 §102 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2024
18847173 SEAM-FREE AND CRACK-FREE DEPOSITION MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Sep 13, 2024
18837560 LOW RESISTANCE MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITION FOR LOGIC SOURCE/DRAIN CONTACTS CHEN, BRET P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 09, 2024
18836329 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CENTRAL FREQUENCY TUNING SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 2844 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Aug 06, 2024
18834982 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO FREQUENCY GRID DESIGN IN AN ESC TO REDUCE FILM ASYMMETRY PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18767915 RF POWER COMPENSATION TO REDUCE DEPOSITION OR ETCH RATE CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO SUBSTRATE BULK RESISTIVITY VARIATIONS BENNETT, CHARLEE 1718 Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jul 09, 2024
18727065 PLASMA RADICAL EDGE RING BARRIER SEAL BYRD, EUGENE G 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2024
18725961 COMPOSITION MIXTURE CONTROL OF EFEM ENVIRONMENT GRAY, PAUL J 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18757184 ATOMIC LAYER ETCH AND SELECTIVE DEPOSITION PROCESS FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY RESIST IMPROVEMENT DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN 1713 Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 27, 2024
18747743 Method for Manufacturing ScAlN Target LIANG, ANTHONY M 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 19, 2024
18721457 CONFORMAL SILICON OXIDE DEPOSITION USING AMINOSILANE AND CHLOROSILANE PRECURSORS CHEN, BRET P 1718 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jun 18, 2024
18740501 Voltage Transient Detector and Current Transient Detector BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18655124 MULTI-LAYER FEATURE FILL SARKAR, ASOK K 2891 DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending May 03, 2024
18701808 MICROCHANNEL ASSEMBLY COOLED POWER CIRCUITS FOR POWER BOXES OF SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS VORTMAN, ANATOLY 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18637111 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK (ESC) PEDESTAL VOLTAGE ISOLATION CHAN, LAUREEN 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18689007 Junction System for Direct-Drive Radiofrequency Power Supply WELLS, KENNETH B 2842 §112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18581084 TRANSFER ROBOT FOR REDUCED FOOTPRINT PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE KEENAN, JAMES W 3655 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 19, 2024
18684086 SHOWERHEAD TO PEDESTAL GAPPING WITH DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITIVE SENSOR SUBSTRATE VELEZ, ROBERTO 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18683501 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ETCHING A CARBON CONTAINING LAYER TRAN, BINH X 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18682869 ION BEAM ETCH SYSTEM AND METHOD SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18572075 IMAGE ANALYSIS OF PLASMA CONDITIONS JIA, XIN 2663 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18570061 IN-LINE MACHINE VISION SYSTEM FOR PART TRACKING OF SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM COLLINS, MICHAEL 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 13, 2023
18557250 APPARATUSES FOR MEASURING GAP BETWEEN A SUBSTRATE SUPPORT PLANE AND GAS DISTRIBUTION DEVICE HO, ANTHONY 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18379397 PRECURSORS FOR DEPOSITION OF MOLYBDENUM-CONTAINING FILMS HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18282021 CONDUCTIVE COOLING OF A LOW TEMPERATURE PEDESTAL OPERATING IN A HIGH TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION SEQUENCE BERMAN, JASON 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18244905 REFLECTOMETER TO MONITOR SUBSTRATE MOVEMENT MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18463647 TOOL FOR PREVENTING OR SUPPRESSING ARCING NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18256665 MACHINE-LEARNING IN MULTI-STEP SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION PROCESSES AZAD, MD ABUL K 2119 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18265825 ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION WITH MULTIPLE UNIFORMLY HEATED CHARGE VOLUMES THOMAS, BINU 1717 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18327558 WAFER LEVEL UNIFORMITY CONTROL IN REMOTE PLASMA FILM DEPOSITION TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 DPOther Non-Final OA 77d Pending Jun 01, 2023
18253038 LOW RESISTIVITY CONTACTS AND INTERCONNECTS LOUIE, MANDY C 1718 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending May 16, 2023
18035200 PEDESTAL INCLUDING SEAL CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 03, 2023
18034834 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM TOOLS FOR MONITORING, ASSESSING AND RESPONDING BASED ON HEALTH INCLUDING SENSOR MAPPING AND TRIGGERED DATALOGGING BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. 2853 §101 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18250740 Wear Compensating Confinement Ring KACKAR, RAM N 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18250349 LOCALIZED PLASMA ARC PREVENTION VIA PURGE RING CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2023
18032154 COLD EDGE LOW TEMPERATURE ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK CHAN, LAUREEN 1716 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
18029963 SHOWERHEAD WITH INTEGRAL DIVERT FLOW PATH ZERVIGON, RUDY 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Apr 03, 2023
18247724 SPARK PLASMA SINTERED COMPONENT FOR PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 §102 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
18247060 DEPOSITION RATE ENHANCEMENT OF AMORPHOUS CARBON HARD MASK FILM BY PURELY CHEMICAL MEANS TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18028638 PREPLATING EDGE DRY KURPLE, KARL 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2023
18246849 COATED CONDUCTOR FOR HEATER EMBEDDED IN CERAMIC WOLCOTT, BRIAN P 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2023
18187342 ELECTRON EXCITATION ATOMIC LAYER ETCH KLUNK, MARGARET D 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18026431 AXIALLY COOLED METAL SHOWERHEADS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESSES LEE, AIDEN Y 1718 §112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2023
18026322 HEAT-TRANSFERRING VALVE FLEXURE AND METHODS BASTIANELLI, JOHN 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Mar 14, 2023
18044336 TEMPORARY CAPPING MATERIAL FOR OXIDE PREVENTION IN LOW TEMPERATURE DIRECT METAL-METAL BONDING PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18041391 COMBINED SELF-FORMING BARRIER AND SEED LAYER BY ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION KEBEDE, BROOK 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
18006531 HIGH-CONDUCTANCE VACUUM VALVES FOR WAFER PROCESSING SYSTEMS KACKAR, RAM N 1716 §103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18006552 LOW CEILING TEMPERATURE HOMOPOLYMERS AS SACRIFICIAL PROTECTION LAYERS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SUBSTRATES KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 §112 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18017208 THIN SHADOW RING FOR LOW-TILT TRENCH ETCHING FORD, NATHAN K 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Jan 20, 2023
18003894 REMOVABLE CVD POLYMER FILM FOR SURFACE PROTECTION AND QUEUE PERIOD EXTENSION PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18013742 FRICTION STIR PROCESSING FOR CORROSION RESISTANCE STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18013768 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT WITH UNIFORM TEMPERATURE ACROSS A SUBSTRATE FREY, KIMBERLY NEWMAN 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18013445 SUBSTRATE SUPPORTS WITH MULTILAYER STRUCTURE INCLUDING COUPLED HEATER ZONES WITH LOCAL THERMAL CONTROL LEE JR, WOODY A 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 28, 2022
18013429 MOVABLE DISK WITH APERTURE FOR ETCH CONTROL KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
18003137 LOW RESISTANCE GATE OXIDE METALLIZATION LINER TRAN, TIEN 2812 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 22, 2022
18002788 ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR, A METAL, OR A METAL OXIDE WITH SELECTIVITY TO A DIELECTRIC LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Final Rejection 120d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
18002289 MULTI-STATION PROCESSING TOOLS WITH STATION-VARYING SUPPORT FEATURES FOR BACKSIDE PROCESSING BENNETT, CHARLEE 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2022
18011445 Systems and Methods for Analyzing and Intelligently Collecting Sensor Data GO, RICKY 1716 §101 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 19, 2022
18009903 MATCHED CHEMISTRY COMPONENT BODY AND COATING FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING CHAMBER SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022
18001590 REMOVAL OF TIN OXIDE IN CHAMBER CLEANING LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022
17928426 PHOTOELECTRON ASSISTED PLASMA IGNITION YU, YUECHUAN 1718 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 29, 2022
17927297 ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION COATED POWDER COATING FOR PROCESSING CHAMBER COMPONENTS KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2022
17927328 DISTRIBUTED PLASMA SOURCE ARRAY ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2022
17999255 LOW RESISTIVITY CONTACTS AND INTERCONNECTS TRAN, TONY 2893 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Nov 18, 2022
17926093 WET FUNCTIONALIZATION OF DIELECTRIC SURFACES JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Nov 17, 2022
17924354 MID-CHAMBER FLOW OPTIMIZER KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Nov 09, 2022
17997802 INCREASING PLASMA UNIFORMITY IN A RECEPTACLE LEE, WILSON 2844 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 02, 2022
17921930 BLENDED CONTACT FINGERS FOR PREVENTING CRACKS DURING THIN SUBSTRATE HANDLING CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17995461 LOSS PREVENTION DURING ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION FAYETTE, NATHALIE RENEE 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 04, 2022
17995290 SELECTIVE PRECISION ETCHING OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17995243 ELECTROFILL FROM ALKALINE ELECTROPLATING SOLUTIONS WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 30, 2022
17915573 EDGE RING FOR LOCALIZED DELIVERY OF TUNING GAS REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 29, 2022
17914499 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT TEMPERATURE PROBE DIAGNOSTICS AND MANAGEMENT LIN, ERICA S Y 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2022
17912358 CERAMIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES FOR GAS INJECTORS KLUNK, MARGARET D 1716 §112 Final Rejection 41d Pending Sep 16, 2022
17905632 STRUCTURE AND METHOD TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE TONE DRY DEVELOP BY A HERMETIC OVERLAYER CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Sep 02, 2022
17905321 CONTROL OF WAFER BOW DURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROCESSING STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 30, 2022
17907959 REACTANT GAS PULSE DELIVERY LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1717 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2022
17821107 ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING AND SMOOTHING OF REFRACTORY METALS AND OTHER HIGH SURFACE BINDING ENERGY MATERIALS NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z 1716 §103 Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17800168 PLANAR MULTI-LAYER RADIO FREQUENCY FILTERS INCLUDING STACKED COILS WITH STRUCTURAL CAPACITANCE ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2022
17904005 COOLING PLATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING CHAMBER WINDOW FORD, NATHAN K 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2022
17759673 ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC EJECTION PRINTING AND ELECTROPLATING FOR PHOTORESIST-FREE FORMATION OF METAL FEATURES FORTIN, RYAN TIMOTHY 2897 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jul 28, 2022
17790009 MIXED METAL BASEPLATES FOR IMPROVED THERMAL EXPANSION MATCHING WITH THERMAL OXIDE SPRAYCOAT MACARTHUR, SYLVIA 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2022
17781447 PRESSURE BATCH COMPENSATION TO STABILIZE CD VARIATION FOR TRIM AND DEPOSITION PROCESSES ZERVIGON, RUDY 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 317d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2022
17671211 MOVEABLE EDGE RINGS WITH REDUCED CAPACITANCE VARIATION FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS MCCONNELL, AARON R 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2022
17612536 SHOWERHEAD INSERT FOR UNIFORMITY TUNING REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 18, 2021
17605264 HIGH TEMPERATURE HEATING OF A SUBSTRATE IN A PROCESSING CHAMBER MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §112 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2021
17593117 PLASMA ETCH TOOL FOR HIGH ASPECT RATIO ETCHING REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2021
17429909 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK WITH POWDER COATING DINH, TUAN T 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2021

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