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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Fish & Richardson P.C. (Applied Materials)

34 pending office actions • 1 client

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
9
Final Rejections
25
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Applied Materials, Inc. 34

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18613671 METHOD FOR COATING PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTRATES Applied Materials, Inc. ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2024
18436499 DEFORMABLE SUBSTRATE CHUCK Applied Materials, Inc. ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 Non-Final OA Feb 08, 2024
18417304 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CMP TEMPERATURE CONTROL Applied Materials, Inc. CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 Final Rejection Jan 19, 2024
18417124 POLISHING HEAD WITH RETAINING RING WEAR SENSING Applied Materials, Inc. DION, MARCEL T 3723 Non-Final OA Jan 19, 2024
18511661 ASYMMETRY CORRECTION VIA ORIENTED WAFER LOADING Applied Materials, Inc. GREEN, TELLY D 2898 Non-Final OA Nov 16, 2023
18504482 CORRECTION OF FABRICATED SHAPES IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Applied Materials, Inc. MALIK, VIPUL 1754 Non-Final OA Nov 08, 2023
18377615 GROOVES FOR EDGE AND HOT SPOT COMPENSATION IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING Applied Materials, Inc. REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 1713 Non-Final OA Oct 06, 2023
18377599 RETAINING RING FOR EDGE COMPENSATION BY SLURRY FLOW CONTROL Applied Materials, Inc. SAENZ, ALBERTO 3723 Non-Final OA Oct 06, 2023
18481576 CMP WITH INDIVIDUALLY ROTATABLE PLATENS Applied Materials, Inc. SHUM, KENT N 3723 Non-Final OA Oct 05, 2023
18481513 INDIVIDUALLY ROTATABLE PLATENS AND CONTROL OF CARRIER HEAD SWEEP Applied Materials, Inc. ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 Non-Final OA Oct 05, 2023
18376356 POLISHING HEAD WITH FLEXURE EXTENDING THROUGH PRESSURE CHAMBER Applied Materials, Inc. HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW 3723 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2023
18376282 POLISHING HEAD WITH DECOUPLED MEMBRANE POSITION CONTROL Applied Materials, Inc. NEIBAUR, ROBERT F 3723 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2023
18461274 POLISHING CARRIER HEAD WITH MULTIPLE ZONES Applied Materials, Inc. FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE 3723 Final Rejection Sep 05, 2023
18239929 RETAINER FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING CARRIER HEAD Applied Materials, Inc. FRANCISCO, TRISHA JOY UTULO 3723 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2023
18456836 SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING CHAMBER LID AND COATING Applied Materials, Inc. MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1712 Non-Final OA Aug 28, 2023
18452426 ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR PROCESS RELIABILITY DURING POLISHING Applied Materials, Inc. SHUM, KENT N 3723 Non-Final OA Aug 18, 2023
18352446 MONITORING THICKNESS IN FACE-UP POLISHING WITH ROLLER Applied Materials, Inc. TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3700 Non-Final OA Jul 14, 2023
18210328 ELECTROSTATIC SUBSTRATE SUPPORT Applied Materials, Inc. PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS 2838 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18206852 ICP SOURCE GAS DELIVERY HUB AND NOZZLE Applied Materials, Inc. KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2023
18206847 CCP GAS DELIVERY NOZZLE Applied Materials, Inc. KACKAR, RAM N 1716 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2023
18206332 CERAMIC COOLING BASE Applied Materials, Inc. CENTRAL, DOCKET 3722 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2023
18206367 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CLEAN SUBSTRATE WITH ATOMIZING NOZZLE Applied Materials, Inc. ORTA, LAUREN GRACE 1711 Final Rejection Jun 06, 2023
18206456 ELECTRICAL BREAK FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS Applied Materials, Inc. KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2023
18199625 OZONE-BASED LOW TEMPERATURE SILICON OXIDE COATING FOR PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS Applied Materials, Inc. MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 Final Rejection May 19, 2023
18199614 DRUG COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME Applied Materials, Inc. TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V 1615 Final Rejection May 19, 2023
17984201 WAFER PROFILING FOR ETCHING SYSTEM Applied Materials, Inc. KACKAR, RAM N 1716 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2022
17961516 ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF CMP RETAINING RING Applied Materials, Inc. SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 3723 Non-Final OA Oct 06, 2022
17952059 ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF CONDITIONER DURING POLISHING Applied Materials, Inc. LESLIE, MICHAEL S 3745 Non-Final OA Sep 23, 2022
17858006 ACOUSTIC WINDOW WITH LIQUID-FILLED PORES FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING AND METHODS OF FORMING PADS Applied Materials, Inc. ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 Final Rejection Jul 05, 2022
17857999 ACOUSTIC WINDOW IN PAD BACKING LAYER FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING Applied Materials, Inc. SHUM, KENT N 3723 Final Rejection Jul 05, 2022
17855524 DETECTION OF PLANARIZATION FROM ACOUSTIC SIGNAL DURING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING Applied Materials, Inc. HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW 3723 Non-Final OA Jun 30, 2022
17855520 COUPLING OF ACOUSTIC SENSOR FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING Applied Materials, Inc. MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES 3723 Final Rejection Jun 30, 2022
17698769 UTILIZATION OF SPARCE CODEBOOK IN MULTIPLEXED FLUORESCENT IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION IMAGING Applied Materials, Inc. PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 1686 Non-Final OA Mar 18, 2022
16831664 SLURRY TEMPERATURE CONTROL BY MIXING AT DISPENSING Applied Materials, Inc. DION, MARCEL T 3723 Final Rejection Mar 26, 2020

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