Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tokyo Electron Limited

295 pending office actions • 55 art units • 182 examiners • 0 of 295 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 652 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

295
Total Pending OAs
180
Non-Final OAs
96
Final Rejections
19
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 75 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

36
Overdue
5
Due this week
18
Due this month
10
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. 75 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (36)Due ≤ 7 days (5)Due ≤ 30 days (18)Due ≤ 60 days (10)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.

119
Hard (40%)
151
Medium (51%)
23
Easy (8%)
2
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (0%)
§101 + other10 (3%)
§103 only125 (42%)
§102 only20 (7%)
§112 only18 (6%)
Double-patenting only5 (2%)
Double-patenting + other6 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)108 (37%)
No statute on record2 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

139
Life Sciences
47% of docket
5
Information Tech
2% of docket
2
Communications
1% of docket
59
Semiconductors
20% of docket
19
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
71
Business / Other
24% 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.

2,950 h
Manual time on pending OAs
590 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
1,032 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
25.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PHAM, THOMAS T 7 51.7% +15.8%
REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 7 41.2% +51.8%
MOORE, KARLA A 6 43.1% +14.1%
CHEN, KEATH T 6 30.2% +24.6%
KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 6 32.9% +22.8%
CROWELL, ANNA M 5 44.7% +30.8%
TRAN, BINH X 5 81.6% +11.9%
CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 5 71.9% +20.7%
MACARTHUR, SYLVIA 4 65.7% +25.8%
AHMED, SHAMIM 4 78.5% +22.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18482401 SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS TRAN, BINH X 27d
18395788 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS TRAN, BINH X
18368110 ETCHING METHOD AND ETCHING APPARATUS TRAN, BINH X

Hard Cases (119)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17809384 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS BALDWIN, GORDON 70d overdue
17756373 INFERENCE DEVICE, INFERENCE METHOD AND INFERENCE PROGRAM FOR ANALYZING MANUFACTURING TIME-SERIES DATA USING A PLURALITY OF NETWORK SECTIONS AGRAWAL, SHISHIR 60d overdue
18120050 UPPER ELECTRODE AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS CHAN, LAUREEN 36d overdue
18058245 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING DEFECT OF SEMICONDUCTOR SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED 36d overdue
18376050 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AHMED, SHAMIM 32d overdue
18326266 HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, HEAT TREATMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ADHIKARI DAWADI, BIPANA 31d overdue
17997158 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM GHYKA, ALEXANDER G 16d overdue
18205426 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD, PRESSURE VALVE CONTROL DEVICE, PRESSURE VALVE CONTROL METHOD, AND PRESSURE REGULATION SYSTEM CHEN, KEATH T 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (55)

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
18147157 HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, PROCESSING TARGET PROTECTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 86d overdue
17757781 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 51d overdue
18022213 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 49d overdue
18376050 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AHMED, SHAMIM 32d overdue
18359783 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLASMA PROCESSING KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 18d overdue
17880660 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SHAPE OF A PATTERN OVER A SUBSTRATE PHAM, THOMAS T 17d overdue
18205426 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD, PRESSURE VALVE CONTROL DEVICE, PRESSURE VALVE CONTROL METHOD, AND PRESSURE REGULATION SYSTEM CHEN, KEATH T 4d overdue
18789854 HYDROPHOBIZATION TREATMENT APPARATUS, HYDROPHOBIZATION TREATMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM CROWELL, ANNA M 3d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1718 36
1713 28
1716 27
1717 10
1714 9
1794 9
2896 7
1737 7
2899 6
2897 5

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19261691 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING MOLYBDENUM METAL FILM WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2025
19240089 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS LE, TUNG X §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2025
19234767 VALVE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS BARRY, DAPHNE MARIE 3753 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2025
19233036 CONTROL METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2025
19232884 CONTROL METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2025
19233851 Apparatus for Transferring Substrate and Method for Transferring Substrate DO, TRUC M DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2025
19232127 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1715 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 09, 2025
19207755 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MATCHING DEVICE KAISER, SYED M §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
19184288 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 21, 2025
18846977 EXHAUST STRUCTURE AND EXHAUST METHOD FOR FLOW RATE CONTROL DEVICE, AND GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM AND GAS SUPPLY METHOD COMPRISING SAME HICKS, ANGELISA §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2025
19170201 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM TRAN, MINH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2025
19096492 AREA SELECTIVE DEPOSITION USING METAL CARBONYL PRECURSORS EMPIE, NATHAN H 1712 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2025
19091933 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM LUQUE, RENAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2025
19090475 SUBSTRATE EVALUATION METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AKANBI, ISIAKA O §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2025
19086206 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS TALBOT, BRIAN K 1712 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2025
19083581 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS CHAN, WEI §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2025
19111422 PROCESSOR THAT IMPLEMENTS INDIRECT ADDRESSING-STYLE CONDITIONAL JUMP INSTRUCTIONS, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD METZGER, MICHAEL J 2183 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2025
19052558 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS THOMAS, LUCY M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2025
19043669 FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND FLUID SUPPLY METHOD PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 3753 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2025
19042169 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS PROCTOR, CACHET I 1712 §102§103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Jan 31, 2025
19032823 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD CORMIER, DAVID G §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 21, 2025
19021284 CONTROL PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LEE, WILSON 2844 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
19022101 PLASMA PURGE METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 15, 2025
19023119 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD INCLUDING A PRE-TREATMENT PROCESS OF SUPPLYING A HEATED FLUID TO A SECOND SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE AND SUPPLYING A PRE-WETTING LIQUID TO A FIRST SURFACE OF THE SUBSTRATE, WHILE ROTATING THE SUBSTRATE BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
19010740 3D IMAGING BY LIQUID IMMERSION WITH TILT AND/OR ROTATION ZHAO, DAQUAN 2484 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2025
18879383 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM LEE, DOUGLAS 1714 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18982168 SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, BRET P 1718 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 16, 2024
18872281 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1714 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18961960 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM TOLIN, MICHAEL A 1745 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18962032 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18958534 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD MACARTHUR, SYLVIA 1716 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18958279 METHOD OF FORMING CARBON-BASED FILM AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS MAYY, MOHAMMAD 1718 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18956676 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN 1714 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18956301 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18951828 SUBSTRATE HOLDER, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18949966 MAINTENANCE DEVICE KEENAN, JAMES W 3656 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18949607 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18949248 SUBSTRATE STANDBY DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD LEE, DOUGLAS 1714 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18944017 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD NGUYEN, CHI Q §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18921771 Method for Controlling Substrate Processing System and Substrate Processing System NGUYEN, BAO LONG T §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18918152 ETCHING METHOD AHMED, SHAMIM 1713 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18917538 FILM FORMING METHOD TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18914968 METHODS FOR CONDITIONING A SURFACE PRIOR TO ETCHING TO OPTIMIZE ETCH PERFORMANCE CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON 1713 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18914666 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AHADI, ELIA §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18913135 METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH 1794 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18896902 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18893492 ELECTRICAL ENERGY PRODUCED BY ROTATING MAGNETS TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1717 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18893142 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS LE, TUNG X §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18847897 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN Non-Final OA Pending Sep 17, 2024
18882797 DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM, DATA ANALYSIS DEVICE, DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ERDMAN, CHAD G §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18825163 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18820492 PROFILE DETECTING METHOD AND PROFILE DETECTING APPARATUS GARCIA, SANTIAGO §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18842620 HARD MASK, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND REMOVAL METHOD FOR HARD MASK AHMED, SHAMIM §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18817042 PLASMA ADJUSTMENT USING SOURCE-LESS RESONANT STRUCTURE MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18812476 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM COUSINEAU, CONNOR DANIEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18810920 FLOW DIVIDER AND LIQUID PROCESSING SYSTEM CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18797266 INJECTOR AND PROCESSING APPARATUS MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18794757 METHODS TO QUICKLY ADJUST THE TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST ONE PROCESSING LIQUID USED TO PROCESS A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE IN A WET PROCESS COLEMAN, RYAN L 1714 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18792948 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18789854 HYDROPHOBIZATION TREATMENT APPARATUS, HYDROPHOBIZATION TREATMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18834129 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS HASSANZADEH, PARVIZ §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18786164 METHODS FOR PROTECTING TO REUSE SILICON CARRIER WAFER BASED ON IR LASER LIFT-OFF PROCESS MATTABONI, TIMOTHY JAMES §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18833079 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD GROSS, CARSON 1746 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18780952 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD NEIBAUR, ROBERT F §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18778072 FILM-FORMING METHOD AND FILM-FORMING APPARATUS BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2024
18773282 Transfer Teaching Method and Substrate Processing System KENIRY, HEATHER J §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18771025 EDGE EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND EDGE EXPOSURE METHOD NGUYEN, HUNG 2882 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18771873 METHOD OF FORMING HARD MASK STRUCTURE GOODWIN, DAVID J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18764474 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD, BONDING APPARATUS, AND BONDING METHOD LE, THANG XUAN 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2024
18761581 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD COLEMAN, RYAN L 1714 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18757803 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ESTIMATION METHOD OF SUBSTRATE PROCESSING AND RECORDING MEDIUM SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED 1713 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18753777 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DAMASCENE ETCHING NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z 1716 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18751991 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK, FOCUS RING, SUPPORT BASE, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD BENNETT, CHARLEE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18748171 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MIXING METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD BENNETT, CHARLEE 1718 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2024
18743589 SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FILM-FORMING METHOD MOORE, KARLA A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18736055 Method for Teaching Transfer Robot and Substrate Processing System ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18733073 Inner Wall and substrate Processing Apparatus KLUNK, MARGARET D §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18674349 Remote Plasma Device and Plasma Processing Apparatus FORD, NATHAN K §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18672092 METHOD FOR FORMING CARBON-CONTAINING FILM, AND METHOD FOR FORMING HARD MASK USING THE CARBON-CONTAINING FILM MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18672248 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MAINTENANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THOMAS, BINU 1717 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18711900 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18663644 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MACARTHUR, SYLVIA §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18663611 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD 3653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18661470 MIXED-SPECIES BUFFER FILM FOR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF METALLIZATION ALBRECHT, PETER M §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18660479 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD CHEN, PATRICK C 2842 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 10, 2024
18659116 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS CROWELL, ANNA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18658527 CONTROL DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS CHOI, ALICIA M 4100 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18655619 APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING SUBSTRATE, SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF TRANSPORTING SUBSTRATE LOWE, MICHAEL S 3652 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending May 06, 2024
18707235 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD CHIN, EDWARD §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18653410 FILM-FORMING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection 54d Pending May 02, 2024
18706088 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN 1714 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18648828 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS SWEELY, KURT D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18648903 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18647077 PLASMA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS KACKAR, RAM N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18639975 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE SUPPORT BODY MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18634497 Wet Processing Systems Having Novel Wafer Chuck Designs For Retaining A Processing Liquid On A Surface Of A Semiconductor Substrate GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18632595 PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING METHOD DRODGE, JOSEPH W §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18630262 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ANNULAR CONSUMABLE PART HASSANZADEH, PARVIZ §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 2024
18628349 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS BERMAN, JASON §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18626693 SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN 1713 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 04, 2024
18624279 BONDING APPARATUS AND BONDING METHOD HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 3723 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2024
18622541 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING OBJECTS IN A FLUID BATH AND ADJUSTING THE FLUID BATH BASED ON THE MEASURED OBJECT PROPERTIES BODNARK, MATTHEW JAMES §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18622764 INTEGRATION METHOD OF VERTICAL DRAM WITH PERIPHERAL CIRCUIT BODNAR, JOHN A §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18621229 METHOD AND WAFER PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR WET ETCHING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER PRASAD, NEIL R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18620762 CONTROLLING ETCH EDGE EFFECTS DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. 1713 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18620463 X-RAY METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE ALIGNMENT FAYE, MAMADOU 2884 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18620541 WAFER TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT FOR WET ETCHING BATH APPLICATIONS MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18619755 METALLIZATION AND PLANARIZATION MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18619016 VERTICALLY STACKED CAPACITORS AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME MOJADDEDI, OMAR F §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18618354 INTEGRATING NITRIDE STRESS COMPENSATION LAYERS FOR THICK OXIDE WAFER CREATION HARBOTTLE, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH 2818 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18616526 PLASMA ETCHING APPARATUS AND PLASMA ETCHING METHOD BALDWIN, GORDON 1713 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18612873 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MACARTHUR, SYLVIA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18611755 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS ALANKO, ANITA KAREN 1713 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 21, 2024
18610723 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT AND ASSEMBLY PART RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18607202 HARC ETCH CHEMISTRY FOR SEMINCONDUCTORS LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18603584 ETCHING METHOD, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM MUSE, ISMAIL A 2815 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18603049 CYCLIC ETCH/DEPOSITION PLASMA PROCESSES USING TUNGSTEN BASED PRECURSOR GAS LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2024
18598907 FERROELECTRIC 3D MEMORY BLOCK UNIT MEHTA, RATISHA 2817 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18597801 THREE-DIMENSIONAL FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME BOWEN, ADAM S 2897 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18589570 BOTTOM-UP DIRECTIONAL ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION (ALD) MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18589845 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD DANIELS, MATTHEW J 2891 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2024
18589744 DISTRIBUTOR AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, KEATH T DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18589947 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM WENG, PEI YONG §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18588318 IN-SITU VARIABLE TEMPERATURE BOW METROLOGY SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18589071 RESONANT PHASE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR KACKAR, RAM N §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18586860 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS KLUNK, MARGARET D §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18586259 MIXED ACTIVATING AND REDUCING AGENT FOR BONDING SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P 2812 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2024
18581954 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS KENDALL, BENJAMIN R §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 20, 2024
18441719 PROTECTION STRUCTURE FOR LINER REMOVAL TRAN, BINH X 1713 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18436543 APPARATUS FOR PLASMA PROCESSING NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 2893 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 08, 2024
18431887 PLASMA PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH DIRECT CURRENT SUPERPOSITION MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 2891 §102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2024
18429479 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD NGUYEN, THANH T 2893 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18429046 PLASMA MEASUREMENT METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN 2858 §103§112 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18427838 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK, AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18425323 SENSOR IN CHAMBER INSERT RING ASSEMBLY OTT, PATRICK S 1794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18423391 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE SUPPORT BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH 1794 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18424262 SELECTIVE ETCHING IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AHMED, SHAMIM 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18422013 ETCHING METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ETCHING PROGRAM, AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2024
18417564 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 3652 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18417507 TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD OF VAPORIZER AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS LEDERER, SARAH B §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18579659 TEST METHOD OF TEST SYSTEM AND TEST SYSTEM HOLMES, JANELLE AMBER 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18412676 FILTER CIRCUIT AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS COLE, VICTOR 3762 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2024
18411359 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18407499 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MAINTENANCE METHOD TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18406451 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT WITH PRINTED HEATER BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS 2847 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18398217 PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS ALANKO, ANITA KAREN 2896 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2023
18398213 CONSUMABLE MEMBER, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONSUMABLE MEMBER LEE, WOO KYUNG 2815 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 28, 2023
18395788 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS TRAN, BINH X 1713 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2023
18395879 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 26, 2023
18573700 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18536789 FILM FORMING APPARATUS BERMAN, JASON 1794 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 12, 2023
18534880 SHOWER HEAD ASSEMBLY AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS THOMAS, BINU 1759 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18534224 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD CHEN, PATRICK C 2842 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18532873 FULLY SELF-ALIGNED VIAS USING A HARDMASK AND ANTISPACERS NGUYEN, KHIEM D 2892 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18530360 PAD AND END EFFECTOR SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2023
18530067 COMPLIANT CHUCK EDGE RING SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T 1746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18565489 FILM FORMATION METHOD AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18523060 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 29, 2023
18564314 FILM FORMATION METHOD AND FILM FORMATION DEVICE PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18518696 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE SUPPORT MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2023
18517206 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLASMA PROCESS PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §102§103Other Final Rejection Pending Nov 22, 2023
18517486 OPTICAL METROLOGY FOR A PLURALITY OF PROCESS CHAMBERS GARBER, ERIN R 2878 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18562502 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 2899 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18509560 INTEGRATED NANOSHEET MEMORY ELEMENTS, DEVICES AND METHODS YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 2899 §102§103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18389207 SYSTEM FOR PROCESS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS 2178 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18505810 SUB-MILLISECOND OPTICAL DETECTION OF PULSED PLASMA PROCESSES MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 2877 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2023
18387619 METHOD TO PATTERN A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE USING A MULTILAYER PHOTORESIST FILM STACK MALLOY, ANNA E §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18558822 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PROCESS GAS TEMPERATURE AND CONCENTRATION FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 03, 2023
18386618 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18385528 METHOD OF CLEANING PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN 1713 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2023
18383602 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD BELAY, DILNESSA B §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18383637 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2023
18383673 CONTROL METHOD OF SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §102 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Oct 25, 2023
18556569 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS CHEN, BRET P 1718 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18489188 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2023
18380776 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING PLANARITY USING SELECTIVE ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING (ALE) KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 17, 2023
18378932 VAPORIZATION DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VAPORIZING SOLID RAW MATERIAL HASSANZADEH, PARVIZ 1716 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2023
18554836 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 11, 2023
18484372 SELECTIVE PASSIVATION OF PHOTORESISTS SULLIVAN, CALEEN O 2899 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18482401 SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS TRAN, BINH X 1713 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18554225 ETCHING METHOD AND PROCESSING DEVICE LU, JIONG-PING 1713 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 06, 2023
18376050 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AHMED, SHAMIM 1713 §103§112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18375958 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM WILSON, GREGORY A 3762 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18374679 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS LEE, AIDEN Y 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2023
18552957 FILM FORMING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MOJADDEDI, OMAR F 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18372995 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18373098 SHIFTED MULTI-VIA CONNECTION FOR HYBRID BONDING PATEL, REEMA 2812 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18470491 METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2023
18369219 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPONENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS LEE, AIDEN Y 1718 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18368110 ETCHING METHOD AND ETCHING APPARATUS TRAN, BINH X 1713 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18466613 TUNABLE PATTERNED SURFACE UNIFORMITY USING DIRECT CURRENT BIAS TRAN, BINH X 1713 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2023
18462003 TREATMENTS FOR METAL OXIDE PHOTORESIST FILMS WALKE, AMANDA C 1722 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18459913 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1711 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18459151 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2023
18458630 3D COMB NANOSHEET AND PI/2 ROTATED NANOSHEET SALAZ, SAMMANTHA KATELYN 2892 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2023
18240010 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2023
18239006 PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE AND ELECTRODE MECHANISM HASSANZADEH, PARVIZ 1716 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2023
18456642 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS RUCKER, BASEEMAH QADEER 2817 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 28, 2023
18547888 FILM FORMING METHOD, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING SYSTEM CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON 2896 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2023
18237409 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 24, 2023
18454632 HARD MASK DEPOSITION USING DIRECT CURRENT SUPERIMPOSED RADIO FREQUENCY PLASMA BENNETT, CHARLEE 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18231278 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18231378 LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1714 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2023
18227156 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUPPLY SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND SUPPLY METHOD LEE, KEVIN G 1711 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18359783 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLASMA PROCESSING KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18224077 PROFILE DETECTION METHOD, PROFILE DETECTION PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS YANG, JIANXUN 2662 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2023
18261898 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE WITH CHIPS, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE SIPLING, KENNETH MARK 2818 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2023
18353300 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2882 §102§103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18353747 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA STATE ESTIMATION METHOD CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §101§103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18271898 METHOD FOR FORMING SILICON-CONTAINING FILM AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 12, 2023
18350519 PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS ZERVIGON, RUDY 1716 §102§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jul 11, 2023
18218450 DISPLAY METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS RICKS, DONNA J 2618 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2023
18216874 METHOD OF FORMING A MOISTURE BARRIER ON PHOTOSENSITIVE ORGANOMETALLIC OXIDES COSGROVE, JAYSON D 1737 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2023
18216168 METHOD OF FORMING PHOTOSENSITIVE ORGANOMETALLIC OXIDES BY CHEMICAL VAPOR POLYMERIZATION CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §102§103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18333724 FILM FORMING METHOD GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18329372 VACUUM HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 3762 §112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18205426 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD, PRESSURE VALVE CONTROL DEVICE, PRESSURE VALVE CONTROL METHOD, AND PRESSURE REGULATION SYSTEM CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §102§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18326266 HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, HEAT TREATMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ADHIKARI DAWADI, BIPANA 2898 §103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18199401 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING RING MEMBER CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2023
18319419 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2023
18035401 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT 1716 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 04, 2023
18193324 Dry Developing Metal-Free Photoresists LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103§112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2023
18192186 DEPOSITION METHOD AND PROCESSING APPARATUS SEHAR, FAKEHA 2893 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Mar 29, 2023
18027722 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TRAN, TONY 2893 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2023
18185674 PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD HUNTER, JOHN S 3761 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2023
18120050 UPPER ELECTRODE AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS CHAN, LAUREEN 1716 §103§112 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18044386 LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD ZABEL, ANDREW JOHN 2818 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 08, 2023
18043757 RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY DEVICE AND RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY METHOD PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 3753 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 02, 2023
18042513 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD, AND DIELECTRIC WINDOW LEE, WILSON 2844 §103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 22, 2023
18022213 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2023
18108391 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 10, 2023
18105993 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM KITT, STEPHEN A 1717 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2023
18161298 DEPOSITION METHOD AND DEPOSITION APPARATUS SLUTSKER, JULIA 2891 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Jan 30, 2023
18159295 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18156618 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2023
18004931 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2023
18090537 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING ACQUIRING A TIME SERIES DATA GROUP MEASURED DUIRNG A PROCESSING CYCLE FOR A SUBSTRATE YOUNG, TIFFANY P 3665 §101 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18147157 HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, PROCESSING TARGET PROTECTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
18146535 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1718 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 27, 2022
18084908 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING CRYSTALLINE SILICON FILM WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL 2897 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2022
18066078 IN-SITU DIAGNOSIS OF PLASMA SYSTEM ALANKO, ANITA KAREN 1713 §101§112 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Dec 14, 2022
17994711 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MICROWAVE RADIATION SOURCE SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Nov 28, 2022
18058245 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING DEFECT OF SEMICONDUCTOR SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED 2897 §103§112 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2022
17989438 Self Aligned Multiple Patterning Method CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Nov 17, 2022
18055490 HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 3762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2022
17997158 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM GHYKA, ALEXANDER G 2812 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2022
17956089 Low-Temperature Etch PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2022
17950116 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM FORD, NATHAN K 1716 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2022
17949520 GATE VALVE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING GATE VALVE MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2022
17906353 FILM FORMATION METHOD AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2022
17943926 PATTERNING A SEMICONDUCTOR WORKPIECE CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 2022
17898104 METHODS FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH ISOLATION STRUCTURES KIM, SU C 2899 §102 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 29, 2022
17896961 PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT FOR WAFER BONDING METHODS KIM, JAHAE 2897 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2022
17896904 APPARATUS FOR FORMING FILM ON SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FORMING FILM ON SUBSTRATE BALDWIN, GORDON 1718 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2022
17893736 METHOD OF MAKING A PLURALITY OF 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH ENHANCED MOBILITY AND CONDUCTIVITY BAIG, ANEESA RIAZ 2814 §112 Final Rejection 145d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022
17820962 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17890766 METHOD TO ENHANCE LITHOGRAPHY PATTERN CREATION USING SEMICONDUCTOR STRESS FILM TUNING CLEVELAND, MICHAEL B 1700 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 18, 2022
17904427 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS YU, YUECHUAN 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2022
17818547 FILM FORMING APPARATUS ZERVIGON, RUDY 1716 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2022
17880660 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SHAPE OF A PATTERN OVER A SUBSTRATE PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2022
17879803 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Aug 03, 2022
17876385 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS MACARTHUR, SYLVIA 1716 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2022
17759648 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2022
17862889 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, CONDITION COMPENSATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2022
17809384 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS BALDWIN, GORDON 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2022
17850250 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT, SUBSTRATE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY, AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS BALDWIN, GORDON 1718 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2022
17848596 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE SUPPORT REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 24, 2022
17757781 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17845354 SHOWER HEAD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS ZERVIGON, RUDY 1718 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17786745 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING SYSTEM ZHU, SHENG-BAI 2897 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17756373 INFERENCE DEVICE, INFERENCE METHOD AND INFERENCE PROGRAM FOR ANALYZING MANUFACTURING TIME-SERIES DATA USING A PLURALITY OF NETWORK SECTIONS AGRAWAL, SHISHIR 2123 §101§103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 24, 2022
17664607 Apparatus for Plasma Processing LEE, AIDEN Y 1718 §112 Final Rejection 13d Pending May 23, 2022
17747326 CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FILM FORMING APPARATUS KITT, STEPHEN A 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 18, 2022
17734125 ETCHING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2022
17657194 INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ARITHMETIC DEVICE, AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Mar 30, 2022
17706958 BILAYER DIELECTRIC STACK FOR A FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTION AND METHOD OF FORMING WINTERS, SEAN AYERS 2892 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2022
17753886 GAS SUPPLY DEVICE AND GAS SUPPLY METHOD TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2022
17655071 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 16, 2022
17654625 TEMPERATURE CONTROL UNIT AND PROCESSING APPARATUS JONES, GORDON A 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2022
17676411 APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SPUTTERING PROCESS AND METHOD THEREOF BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §103§112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Feb 21, 2022
17636430 SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING RAW MATERIAL GAS GENERATED BY VAPORIZING SOLID RAW MATERIAL KURPLE, KARL 1717 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Feb 18, 2022
17644412 DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND DEPOSITION METHOD CHAN, LAUREEN 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2021
17456609 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CRAMER, HALEE PAIGE 2891 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 26, 2021
17522191 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD FORD, NATHAN K 1716 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2021
17452642 SUBSTRATE HOLDER, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE HOLDER NIELSEN, DEREK LANG 2899 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2021
17501889 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §103§112 Final Rejection 57d Pending Oct 14, 2021
17598339 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2021
17428597 FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §103Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 04, 2021
17347824 DRESSING APPARATUS AND DRESSING METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE REAR SURFACE POLISHING MEMBER POON, DANA LEE 3723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 15, 2021
17183138 SENSOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION INTO COATING TRACK MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Feb 23, 2021
17118158 PART FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 10, 2020
17114096 FURNACE WITH METAL FURNACE TUBE FORD, NATHAN K 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2020
17037142 Systems and Methods for Spin Process Video Analysis During Substrate Processing BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2020
17037087 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MONITOR, CONTROL, AND SYNCHRONIZE DISPENSE SYSTEMS LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN 2117 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2020
16992550 FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 13, 2020

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