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Examiner: Hearn, Brian E.


Primary examiner statistics: 4467 patents; average approval time: 596 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 189 patents; average approval time: 2405 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5599725 Method for fabricating a MOS transistor with two-layer inverse-T ...
5545578 Method of maufacturing a semiconductor device having a low resist...
5545576 Method for manufacturing a thin film transistor panel
5540785 Fabrication of defect free silicon on an insulating substrate
5536360 Method for etching boron nitride
5529941 Method for making an integrated circuit structure
5525528 Ferroelectric capacitor renewal method
5525527 Process for producing a solid state radiation detector
5523255 Method for forming a device isolation film of a semiconductor dev...
5523240 Method of manufacturing a thin film transistor with a halogen dop...
5518966 Method for wet etching polysilicon
5518964 Microelectronic mounting with multiple lead deformation and bondi...
5518956 Method of isolating vertical shorts in an electronic array using ...
5516732 Wafer processing machine vacuum front end method and apparatus
5516725 Process for preparing schottky diode contacts with predetermined ...
5512500 Method of fabricating semiconductor device
5510294 Method of forming vias for multilevel metallization
5510293 Method of making reliable metal leads in high speed LSI semicondu...
5510275 Method of making a semiconductor device with a composite drift re...
5510276 Process for producing a pressure transducer using silicon-on-insu...
5508228 Compliant electrically connective bumps for an adhesive flip chip...
5508210 Element isolating method for compound semiconductor device
5508207 Method of annealing a semiconductor wafer in a hydrogen atmospher...
5506174 Automated assembly of semiconductor devices using a pair of lead ...
5506167 Method of making a high resistance drain junction resistor in a S...
5506153 Method for manufacture of a controllable power semiconductor elem...
5504042 Porous dielectric material with improved pore surface properties ...
5504032 Micromechanical accelerometer and method of manufacture thereof
5504024 Method for fabricating MOS transistors
5504019 Method for fabricating a thin film semiconductor
5504017 Void detection in metallization patterns
5502004 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with heat treated...
5501995 Method for manufacturing a gate electrode of a MOS transistor
5500386 Manufacturing method of semiconductor devices
5498575 Bonding film member and mounting method of electronic component
5498566 Isolation region structure of semiconductor device and method for...
5496743 Method of making an article comprising a semiconductor device
5496746 Method for fabricating a bipolar junction transistor exhibiting i...
5496779 Method for fabricating a self-aligned T-gate metal semiconductor ...
5496777 Method of arranging alignment marks

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
4111686 Production of metals and metal alloys of high purity
4101315 Recovery of silver from cuprous chloride solutions by co-crystall...
4100250 Selective precipitation of copper chlorides from aqueous solution...
4098832 Fluorination process catalysed by molybdenum pentachloride
4098869 Process for the hydrolysis of titanyl sulphate solutions
4098868 Production of titanium trichloride from ilmenite
4097272 Winning nickel and cobalt with mercaptide extractants and carbon ...
4097575 Roast-neutralization-leach technique for the treatment of laterit...
4095975 Continuous recovery of copper metal from acidic solutions
4093698 Process for the simultaneous extraction of metal values from mang...
4092407 Producing iron oxide weighting materials for drilling fluids
4088512 Quench-age method for the fabrication of niobium-aluminum superco...
4087364 Liquid slurry of submicron particles of hexabromobenzene, and pro...
4086287 Selective ethylation of mono alkyl benzenes
4086319 Recovery of chromium from tannery waste
4086321 Producing pure iron oxides
4086288 Acetylenes removal from olefin streams for alkylation by dimethyl...
4085188 Reduction leaching of raw sea nodules with sulfides
4085190 Production of rutile from ilmenite
4083758 Process for regenerating and for recovering metallic copper from ...
4083884 Calcium oxide modified zinc ferrite oxidative dehydrogenation cat...
4083887 Carbonyl removal from gaseous streams using ZnS
4083915 Cobalt stripping process
4082832 Treatment of raw materials containing titanium
4082833 Clay halogenation process
4081506 Method for recovering non-ferrous metals from hydro-thermal slime
4080430 Decomposition of cupric oxide using a reducing scavenger
4080418 Extraction of cobalt, copper and nickel values from ammoniacal so...
4080423 Gas absorption
4078916 Recovery of silver and other valuable constituents from polyester...
4078039 Chlorination of titanium slags
4076796 Carrying out endothermic processes in fast fluidized reactor with...
4075256 Purification of unsaturated compounds
4075255 Steam dealkylation with hydrogen treated catalyst of groups I, VI...
4073860 Precipitation of filterable nickel and/or cobalt sulfides from ac...
4073871 Joint combustion of off-gases and liquid residues containing chlo...
4073877 Manufacture of titanium dioxide pigment seed from a titanium sulf...
4072587 Separate recovery of silver and gold from cyanide solutions
4071611 Continuously leaching an ore column
4070260 Process of sulfuric acid leaching silicated zinc ores
 
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