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Examiner: Tran, Hien


Primary examiner statistics: 1204 patents; average approval time: 1203 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 878 patents; average approval time: 877 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7462911 Insulated gate semiconductor device
7459723 Active matrix substrate, method of making the substrate, and disp...
7459357 Versatile system for cross-lateral junction field effect transist...
7456426 Fin-type antifuse
7456473 MOS field effect transistor and manufacture method thereof
7453099 Semiconductor light emitting device
7453082 Small electrode for a chalcogenide switching device and method fo...
7449745 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having element isolating ...
7449749 Semiconductor device for limiting leakage current
7446401 Structure of power semiconductor with twin metal and ceramic plat...
7443029 Adhesion of copper and etch stop layer for copper alloy
7442957 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
7439587 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
7436022 Enhancing Schottky breakdown voltage (BV) without affecting an in...
7435631 Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the sam...
7436008 Power and ground shield mesh to remove both capacitive and induct...
7432562 SRAM devices, and electronic systems comprising SRAM devices
7423301 Semiconductor device including fuse elements and bonding pad
7419880 Transistor having a protruded drain
7420396 Universal logic gate utilizing nanotechnology
7420223 Semiconductor device
7410857 Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof
7411248 Vertical unipolar component periphery
7409050 Method and apparatus for managing missed-call lists
7405106 Quad flat no-lead chip carrier with stand-off
7405433 Semiconductor light emitting device
7399989 Electrode, method for forming an electrode, thin-film transistor,...
7400012 Scalable Flash/NV structures and devices with extended endurance
7399680 Method and structure for implanting bonded substrates for electri...
7400019 Insulating film and electronic device
7397094 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
7397133 Submount for diode with single bottom electrode
7394108 Light-emitting device and vehicle lamp
7393724 Reduced dielectric breakdown/leakage semiconductor device and a m...
7390747 Nitride semiconductor substrate and method of producing same
7388269 Diode with lead terminal for solar cell
7384839 SRAM cell with asymmetrical transistors for reduced leakage
7385236 BiFET semiconductor device having vertically integrated FET and H...
7382019 Trench gate FETs with reduced gate to drain charge
7378693 CMOS image device with polysilicon contact studs

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7463065 Low power single-rail-input voltage level shifter
7463064 Level shifter having extended input level
7459931 Programmable logic devices with transparent field reconfiguration
7459940 Local clock buffer (LCB) with asymmetric inductive peaking
7456656 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
7456655 System and process for overcoming wire-bond originated cross-talk
7456658 Circuit to optimize charging of bootstrap capacitor with bootstra...
7453816 Method and apparatus for automatic recovery from a failed node co...
7453804 Aggregate network resource utilization control scheme
7449919 Driver circuit bias control
7449917 Level shifting circuit for semiconductor device
7451111 Queuing exemption method, queuing place-taking method and auction...
7446569 Line driving circuit of semiconductor device
7446567 Signal transmission apparatus and interconnection structure
7443201 Low voltage differential signaling receiver with a digital resist...
7443203 Impedance adjustment circuit and integrated circuit device
7439767 Semiconductor integrated circuit and construction using densely i...
7432738 Reversible sequential apparatuses
7432735 Programmable gate array apparatus and method for switching circui...
7427876 Reversible sequential element and reversible sequential circuit t...
7427875 Flip-flop circuit
7427877 Level shift circuit, and actuator apparatus and optical switch sy...
7420394 Latching input buffer circuit with variable hysteresis
7421405 Methods and apparatus for developing investments
7420393 Single gate oxide level shifter
7417460 Multi-standard transmitter
7417466 Flip-flop circuit and frequency divider using the flip-flop circu...
7417469 Compensation for leakage current from dynamic storage node variat...
7411416 Technology for supressing noise of data bus circuit
7408380 Method and apparatus for a redundant transceiver architecture
7405592 Integrated circuit capable of minimizing switch transitions
7405593 Systems and methods for transmitting signals across integrated ci...
7403915 Auction system and method
7400171 Electronic switch having extended voltage range
7398238 System for savings and tax management of gratuity income
7394294 Complementary pass-transistor logic circuit and semiconductor dev...
7394285 Circuit for driving bus
7392225 Revocation information updating method, revocation information up...
7378871 Programmable device with structure for storing configuration info...
7378877 Output buffer circuit
 
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