Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Tokyo Electron Limited

234 pending office actions • 52 art units • 146 examiners • 0 of 234 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 680 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

234
Total Pending OAs
162
Non-Final OAs
58
Final Rejections
14
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 228 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

101
Overdue
8
Due this week
61
Due this month
38
Due in next 60 days
20
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. 228 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (101)Due ≤ 7 days (8)Due ≤ 30 days (61)Due ≤ 60 days (38)Due later (20)

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.

3
Hard (1%)
206
Medium (88%)
14
Easy (6%)
11
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (1%)
§103 only186 (79%)
§102 only20 (9%)
§112 only14 (6%)
No statute on record11 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

141
Life Sciences
60% of docket
2
Information Tech
1% of docket
3
Communications
1% of docket
65
Semiconductors
28% of docket
22
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
1
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.

2,340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
468 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
819 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
20.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 7 32.8% +22.7%
PHAM, THOMAS T 7 51.7% +16.3%
BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 6 13.5% +28.5%
REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 6 42.2% +51.6%
SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 6 61.5% +52.4%
GAMBETTA, KELLY M 5 72.0% +32.7%
CHAN, LAUREEN 5 58.1% +54.7%
MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 4 29.4% +34.6%
DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. 4 71.5% +19.8%
KACKAR, RAM N 4 39.4% +59.0%

Hard Cases (13)

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
17753264 SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 77d overdue
18004931 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 50d overdue
18709674 NITRIDE FILM FORMING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 49d overdue
18261157 PLATING METHOD AND PLATING APPARATUS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 49d overdue
17037142 Systems and Methods for Spin Process Video Analysis During Substrate Processing BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 4d overdue
18554836 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 7d
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 19d
18838595 SUBTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 21d

Interview Candidates (54)

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
17860127 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A THICKNESS OF A PROTECTIVE FILM ON A SUBSTRATE REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 128d overdue
17903431 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 103d overdue
17845354 SHOWER HEAD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 91d overdue
18147157 HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, PROCESSING TARGET PROTECTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 86d overdue
18740007 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 81d overdue
17761091 RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY APPARATUS AND RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY METHOD REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 77d overdue
17753264 SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 77d overdue
17809384 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 70d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1718 44
1716 36
1713 26
1717 9
2896 7
3762 7
2893 7
3652 6
2897 6
2899 6

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19063756 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SELECTION SUPPORTING METHOD SPIELER, WILLIAM 2159 §101 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Feb 26, 2025
19045187 Support Device, Support System, and Support Method NGUYEN, JENNIFER T 2629 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Feb 04, 2025
19042169 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS PROCTOR, CACHET I 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Jan 31, 2025
18999454 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18982168 SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, BRET P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 16, 2024
18976345 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM KAISER, SYED M 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 11, 2024
18970324 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM LEONG, NATHAN T 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 05, 2024
18969148 Plasma Processing Apparatus and Plasma Processing Method WELLS, KENNETH B 2842 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2024
18964075 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Nov 29, 2024
18957942 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, PATRICK C 2842 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Nov 25, 2024
18935665 CONTROL METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 2844 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 04, 2024
18933255 PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS PROCTOR, CACHET I 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 31, 2024
18923921 FILM FORMING METHOD AND PROCESSING SYSTEM DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A 1717 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18923883 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18857016 FILM-FORMING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING DEVICE TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18850155 FILLING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18882880 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS LEE, DOUGLAS 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18822332 METHOD OF MONITORING LIQUID RAW MATERIAL AND GAS SUPPLY DEVICE GATES, BRADFORD M 1713 §102 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Sep 02, 2024
18838595 SUBTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 14, 2024
18836386 LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD, DISCHARGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1711 §112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2024
18771025 EDGE EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND EDGE EXPOSURE METHOD NGUYEN, HUNG 2882 §112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18769841 LIQUID TREATMENT METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGUYEN, HUNG 2882 §102 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18761944 SEPARATING APPARATUS, SEPARATING SYSTEM AND SEPARATING METHOD HARM, NICKOLAS R 1745 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18724360 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS LOUIE, MANDY C 1718 Other Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18724335 FOREIGN SUBSTANCE DETECTION DEVICE AND FOREIGN SUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD XING, CHRISTINA ILONA 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18754701 SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 2838 §102 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18720848 PREDICTION DEVICE, TEST SYSTEM, PREDICTION METHOD, AND PREDICTION PROGRAM LIU, KENDRICK X 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18569248 METAL-CONTAINING FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL-CONTAINING FILM ROLLAND, ALEX A 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18740007 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18734581 WAFER CLEANING METHOD AND SYSTEM BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN 1713 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jun 05, 2024
18668645 ANTENNA AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 20, 2024
18709674 NITRIDE FILM FORMING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending May 13, 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
18653410 FILM-FORMING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending May 02, 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
18622318 METHOD FOR REMOVING METAL-CONTAINING MATERIALS IN SMALL PITCH STRUCTURES PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18612938 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRECTION METHOD WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18608043 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CULBERT, ROBERTS P 1716 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18599619 SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS MCMICHAEL, TAUREAN LLOYD 3652 §102 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 08, 2024
18595890 SUBSTRATE POSITIONING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE POSITIONING METHOD, AND BONDING APPARATUS WILSON, LEE D 3723 §112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18588751 VERTICAL FEATURE GROWTH USING FLUORINE-CONTAINING GAS DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18585340 Methods To Improve Etch Uniformity Across A Semiconductor Substrate When Etching With A Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) And Nitric Acid (HNO3) Solution LU, JIONG-PING 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18584114 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMBEDDING TUNGSTEN INTO RECESS FORMED ON SUBSTRATE GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2024
18442022 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA STATE DETECTION METHOD, AND PLASMA STATE DETECTION PROGRAM CHAN, LAUREEN 1716 Other Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2024
18683478 JIG SUBSTRATE AND TEACHING METHOD SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD 2668 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18433320 DIRECT CURRENT SUPERPOSITION (DCS) FOR PROTECTION OF ORGANIC MANDREL DURING SPACER DEPOSITION PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 05, 2024
18430313 METHOD FOR ETCHING A PATTERN IN A LAYER OF A SUBSTRATE REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2024
18429046 PLASMA MEASUREMENT METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18292528 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM DULANEY, KATHLEEN YUAN 2666 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18424262 SELECTIVE ETCHING IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AHMED, SHAMIM 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18416880 PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS MACARTHUR, SYLVIA 1716 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18415499 METHOD OF DETECTING LIQUID IN LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS KITT, STEPHEN A 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2024
18410046 METHOD OF FORMING SILICON NITRIDE FILM GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2024
18410811 DEVICE FABRICATION METHODS WITH ION BEAM PROCESSING DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2024
18409606 INTEGRATED OPTICAL NANOTHERMOMETRY FOR REAL-TIME WAFER TEMPERATURE MONITORING DURING PROCESSING COTEY, PHILIP L 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18407527 METHODS FOR PROTECTING A PERIPHERAL EDGE AND BACKSIDE OF A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE TRAN, TAN N 2812 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jan 09, 2024
18406783 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLASMA PROCESS LU, JIONG-PING 1713 §102 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18402328 FAULT DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION (FDC) FOR ENDPOINT DETECTION (EPD) BY REFLECTOMETRY PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 02, 2024
18572959 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS OWENS, DOUGLAS W 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18539187 METHOD OF PERFORMING CLEANING AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SUBSTRATE PROCESSING ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1714 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 13, 2023
18533256 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD NGUYEN, BAO D 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18532585 METHODS OF ESTIMATING LINE WIDTH AND SYSTEMS THEREOF GRAY, SUNGHEE Y 2877 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18525930 TRANSFER MODULE AND TRANSFER METHOD MYERS, GLENN F 3652 §112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18525935 TRANSFER MODULE AND TRANSFER METHOD MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 01, 2023
18524082 TRANSFER SYSTEM, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND TRANSFER METHOD MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18565489 FILM FORMATION METHOD AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18518810 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS LOUIE, MANDY C 1718 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 24, 2023
18518862 CLEANING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Nov 24, 2023
18562502 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18509560 INTEGRATED NANOSHEET MEMORY ELEMENTS, DEVICES AND METHODS YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18505133 PASSIVATION EQUIPMENT AND PASSIVATION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18501309 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE ORTA, LAUREN GRACE 1711 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18386601 ETCHING METHOD DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18500170 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BANKLER, AIDAN DENNEHY 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Nov 02, 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
18381269 SUBSTRATE STAGE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18555055 SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT DEVICE HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18554836 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 11, 2023
18482401 SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS TRAN, BINH X 1713 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18376512 SUBSTRATE TRANSFER UNIT AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD KC, SAGAR 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18376050 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AHMED, SHAMIM 1713 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18376359 MULTI-MATERIAL CHUCK ABEL, GARY ROBERT 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18375958 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM WILSON, GREGORY A 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18475502 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COIL HOLDER FOR HOLDING PLASMA EXCITATION ANTENNA LEE, AIDEN Y 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18552108 SUBSTRATE LIQUID-TREATMENT DEVICE MACARTHUR, SYLVIA 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18472157 SUBSTRATE TRANSFER MODULE AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18369219 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPONENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS LEE, AIDEN Y 1718 Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18467071 BONDING APPARATUS AND BONDING METHOD NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18466613 TUNABLE PATTERNED SURFACE UNIFORMITY USING DIRECT CURRENT BIAS TRAN, BINH X 1713 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 2023
18465420 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND TREATMENT SOLUTION SUPPLY METHOD PENCE, JETHRO M 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18367315 METHOD OF SURFACE MODIFICATION FOR WAFER BONDING INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY 2818 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18549610 SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS NGUYEN, THANH T 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18243059 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PARAMETER CONTROL METHOD BARBEE, MANUEL L 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Sep 06, 2023
18458688 3D SPACER NANOSHEET FORMATION GREAVING, JASON JAMES 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18457053 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE SHAPE SPECIFYING METHOD, TRANSFER DEVICE, AND END EFFECTOR MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 28, 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 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18230049 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD KACKAR, RAM N 1716 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18364010 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18263920 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS LOUIE, MANDY C 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18275359 FILM FORMING DEVICE AND FILM FORMING METHOD KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Aug 01, 2023
18263435 PLATING METHOD AND PLATING APPARATUS MARUF, SHEIKH 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18227156 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUPPLY SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND SUPPLY METHOD LEE, KEVIN G 1711 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18359783 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLASMA PROCESSING KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18224940 FORKSHEET SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME SLUTSKER, JULIA 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18262422 SURFACE MODIFYING METHOD AND SURFACE MODIFYING APPARATUS SELLS, JAMES D 1745 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18273446 APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING SUBSTRATE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE YU, YUECHUAN 1718 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18273116 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS TRAN, TIEN 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18354889 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FRASER, STEWART A 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jul 19, 2023
18354705 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jul 19, 2023
18353757 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD KACKAR, RAM N 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18353747 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA STATE ESTIMATION METHOD CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18353300 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18271898 METHOD FOR FORMING SILICON-CONTAINING FILM AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2899 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jul 12, 2023
18261157 PLATING METHOD AND PLATING APPARATUS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023
18350519 PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS ZERVIGON, RUDY 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 11, 2023
18260575 COATING TREATMENT APPARATUS, COATING TREATMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM ZHAO, XIAO SI 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2023
18346287 LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS PATEL, VISHAL I 1746 §102 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jul 03, 2023
18345134 FILM DEPOSITION METHOD AND FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18216168 METHOD OF FORMING PHOTOSENSITIVE ORGANOMETALLIC OXIDES BY CHEMICAL VAPOR POLYMERIZATION CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18210329 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM ANDUJAR, LEONARDO 3991 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18210368 HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION METHOD OF HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18333724 FILM FORMING METHOD GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18333019 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AYALEW, TINSAE B 1711 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18207737 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING SYSTEM CULBERT, ROBERTS P 1716 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18329372 VACUUM HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 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 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18326266 HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, HEAT TREATMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ADHIKARI DAWADI, BIPANA 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18204081 NON-PLANAR TRANSISTOR STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF GARCES, NELSON Y 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending May 31, 2023
18255133 FILM FORMATION METHOD JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA 2899 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18325423 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS KLUNK, MARGARET D 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 30, 2023
18203062 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD YUEN, JESSICA JIPING 3762 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18319915 METHOD TO REDUCE PARASITIC RESISTANCE FOR CFET DEVICES THROUGH SINGLE DAMASCENE PROCESSING OF VIAS OH, JIYOUNG 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending May 18, 2023
18198355 METAL OXIDE PRECLEANING PRIOR TO METAL FILLING PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending May 17, 2023
18197525 ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD AND TRANSFER DEVICE MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
18315137 Deposition Systems with Rotating Electrostatic Chuck and Methods Thereof HASSANZADEH, PARVIZ 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18313177 SURFACE ENERGY MODIFICATION IN HYBRID BONDING BERRY, PAUL ANTHONY 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending May 05, 2023
18141700 PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 01, 2023
18309521 Semiconductor Processing Using a Two-Dimensional Polymer GHYKA, ALEXANDER G 2812 §102 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18303485 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY, SUBSTRATE SUPPORT, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD CHAN, LAUREEN 1716 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Apr 19, 2023
18298829 Method and System for Plasma Processing REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Apr 11, 2023
18248562 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2023
18295656 Silicidation Process for Semiconductor Devices KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 04, 2023
18295462 BONDING APPARATUS, BONDING SYSTEM, BONDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM GRAY, AARON J 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18295144 Apparatus and Methods for Plasma Processing STARK, JARRETT J 2898 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Apr 03, 2023
18129437 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MCCORMACK, JOHN PATRICK 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18193324 Dry Developing Metal-Free Photoresists LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2023
18192186 DEPOSITION METHOD AND PROCESSING APPARATUS SEHAR, FAKEHA 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Mar 29, 2023
18125206 PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING SYSTEM DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18027722 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TRAN, TONY 2893 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2023
18187558 Impedance Matching Network and Control Method FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C 2844 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 21, 2023
18121621 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2023
18120050 UPPER ELECTRODE AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS CHAN, LAUREEN 1716 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18114998 ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS KACKAR, RAM N 1716 Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18113862 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18042513 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD, AND DIELECTRIC WINDOW LEE, WILSON 2844 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 22, 2023
18022213 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2023
18109632 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS KACKAR, RAM N 1716 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2023
18106036 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS FORD, NATHAN K 1716 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 06, 2023
18162876 Antenna Plane Magnets YU, YUECHUAN 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 01, 2023
18161298 DEPOSITION METHOD AND DEPOSITION APPARATUS SLUTSKER, JULIA 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jan 30, 2023
18101676 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jan 26, 2023
18016943 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD MACARTHUR, SYLVIA 1716 §102 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18004931 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2023
18151223 Method for Etching Features in a Layer in a Substrate LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Jan 06, 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
18088870 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK MANUFACTURING METHOD CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 §102 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Dec 27, 2022
18066078 IN-SITU DIAGNOSIS OF PLASMA SYSTEM ALANKO, ANITA KAREN 1713 §101 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Dec 14, 2022
18062449 Methods for Etching Molybdenum KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 06, 2022
18073185 UPPER ELECTRODE AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 1718 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2022
18060040 SOLVENT VAPOR SUPPLY APPARATUS AND SOLVENT VAPOR SUPPLY METHOD TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
17994711 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MICROWAVE RADIATION SOURCE SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 28, 2022
18058245 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING DEFECT OF SEMICONDUCTOR SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED 2897 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2022
17989438 Self Aligned Multiple Patterning Method CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Nov 17, 2022
17997558 REPLACING APPARATUS AND REPLACING METHOD CADUGAN, ERICA E 3722 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17997158 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM GHYKA, ALEXANDER G 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2022
18048618 METHOD FOR FORMING A PATTERN LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Oct 21, 2022
17996524 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 1718 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 19, 2022
17959771 SILICON NANO SHEET THREE-DIMENSIONAL HORIZONTAL MEMORY WITH ALL-AROUND METAL STORAGE CAPACITOR SON, ERIKA HEERA 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2022
17933189 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD FORD, NATHAN K 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2022
17906353 FILM FORMATION METHOD AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2022
17903431 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 1718 §103 Final Rejection 103d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2022
17902919 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §112 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2022
17901783 METHODS OF COMPACT CELL DESIGN FOR LOGIC APPLICATIONS ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K 2891 Other Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17898104 METHODS FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH ISOLATION STRUCTURES KIM, SU C 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 29, 2022
17894296 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK, SUBSTRATE SUPPORT, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 24, 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 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17904427 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS YU, YUECHUAN 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2022
17889632 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ETCHING METHOD BENNETT, CHARLEE 1718 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Aug 17, 2022
17887946 PROVIDING A BARRIER LAYER FOR PHOTORESIST PROCESSING CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 15, 2022
17882834 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Aug 08, 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
17760120 PLATING METHOD AND PLATING APPARATUS CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES 1794 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2022
17817091 ACCOMMODATION CONTAINER AND CHARGING METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE-SHAPED SENSOR KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE 2859 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2022
17879803 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD SWEELY, KURT D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Aug 03, 2022
17759648 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2022
17812523 METHOD FOR FORMING TITANIUM NITRIDE FILM AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING TITANIUM NITRIDE FILM GATES, BRADFORD M 1713 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Jul 14, 2022
17860127 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A THICKNESS OF A PROTECTIVE FILM ON A SUBSTRATE REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §102 Final Rejection 128d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2022
17859520 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2022
17854944 FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD CHAN, LAUREEN 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022
17809384 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 1718 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2022
17757781 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17845354 SHOWER HEAD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17786745 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING SYSTEM ZHU, SHENG-BAI 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17842501 PLASMA ETCHING USING MULTIPHASE MULTIFREQUENCY POWER PULSES AND VARIABLE DUTY CYCLING PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022
17828384 CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS ALEXANDER, EMMA LYNNE 2857 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending May 31, 2022
17756373 INFERENCE DEVICE, INFERENCE METHOD AND INFERENCE PROGRAM FOR ANALYZING MANUFACTURING TIME-SERIES DATA USING A PLURALITY OF NETWORK SECTIONS AGRAWAL, SHISHIR 2123 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 24, 2022
17664607 Apparatus for Plasma Processing LEE, AIDEN Y 1718 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 23, 2022
17747326 CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FILM FORMING APPARATUS KITT, STEPHEN A 1717 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending May 18, 2022
17747861 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 18, 2022
17657194 INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ARITHMETIC DEVICE, AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 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
17761091 RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY APPARATUS AND RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY METHOD REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI 1718 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2022
17753264 SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Feb 25, 2022
17676411 APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SPUTTERING PROCESS AND METHOD THEREOF BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Feb 21, 2022
17636430 SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING RAW MATERIAL GAS GENERATED BY VAPORIZING SOLID RAW MATERIAL KURPLE, KARL 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Feb 18, 2022
17667378 ADVANCED 3D DEVICE ARCHITECTURE USING NANOSHEETS WITH 2D MATERIALS FOR SPEED ENHANCEMENT PURVIS, SUE A 2893 §103 Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2022
17650133 SUBSTRATE HEATING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE HEATING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE HEATER ZERVIGON, RUDY 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2022
17645829 PROCESS MODULE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING METHOD CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2021
17644412 DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND DEPOSITION METHOD CHAN, LAUREEN 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2021
17452642 SUBSTRATE HOLDER, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE HOLDER NIELSEN, DEREK LANG 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2021
17501889 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Oct 14, 2021
17598339 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN 3761 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2021
17428597 FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 04, 2021
17421001 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L 1716 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 06, 2021
17342809 STAGE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD KLUNK, MARGARET D 1716 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 09, 2021
17291713 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT METHOD MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §112 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending May 06, 2021
17183138 SENSOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION INTO COATING TRACK MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Feb 23, 2021
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 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2020
16892321 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2020
16580232 VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS FORD, NATHAN K 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2019

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