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Examiner: Gurley, Lynne A.


Primary examiner statistics: 306 patents; average approval time: 310 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 637 patents; average approval time: 737 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8076785 Semiconductor device
8043962 Metal wire for a semiconductor device formed with a metal layer w...
8017992 Flash memory device and method of fabricating the same
7960817 Semiconductor power module with flexible circuit leadframe
7956392 Imaging element and imaging device
7939936 Semiconductor package having semiconductor device featuring exter...
7939856 Area-efficient distributed device structure for integrated voltag...
7868422 MOS device with a high voltage isolation structure
7858437 Method for manufacturing a substrate with cavity
7709939 Metal-base circuit board and its manufacturing method
7692203 Semiconductor light emitting device
7692231 Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
7687827 III-nitride materials including low dislocation densities and met...
7687840 Crosspoint structure semiconductor memory device, and manufacturi...
7683462 Chip package structure
7683391 UV emitting LED having mesa structure
7683452 Threshold voltage modulation image sensor
7682894 Flash memory and a method of manufacturing the same
7678602 CMOS image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
7675127 MOSFET having increased snap-back conduction uniformity
7675069 InAlGaN emitting light in ultraviolet short-wavelength region and...
7675156 Electrical component
7675144 Method of making wireless semiconductor device, and leadframe use...
7671473 Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
7671468 Light emitting apparatus
7667222 Phase change memory featuring ferromagnetic layers in contact wit...
7667295 Semiconductor device
7667265 Varying mesa dimensions in high cell density trench MOSFET
7663198 Magnetoresistive random access memory device with alternating lin...
7663220 Semiconductor device module structure
7663144 Solid-state imaging device including a plurality of pixel parts w...
7663240 Semiconductor device with multiple interconnect layers and vias
7659564 CMOS imager photodiode with enhanced capacitance
7655529 InP based heterojunction bipolar transistors with emitter-up and ...
7651935 Process of forming an electronic device including active regions ...
7652353 Semiconductor device
7652302 Method of making light emitting diode
7649230 Complementary field-effect transistors having enhanced performanc...
7642617 Integrated circuit with depletion mode JFET
7642188 Mixed signal integrated circuit with improved isolation

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7230877 Method of making a semiconductor memory device
6844255 Methods of providing an interlevel dielectric layer intermediate ...
6709966 Semiconductor device, its manufacturing process, position matchin...
6664179 Semiconductor device production method and semiconductor device p...
6660633 Method of reducing electromigration in a copper line by electropl...
6660568 BiLevel metallization for embedded back end of the line structure...
6660630 Method for forming a tapered dual damascene via portion with impr...
6660628 Method of MOCVD Ti-based barrier metal thin films with tetrakis ...
6660624 Method for reducing fluorine induced defects on a bonding pad sur...
6656832 Plasma treatment method for fabricating microelectronic fabricati...
6649504 Method for fabricating high aspect ratio electrodes
6645846 Methods of forming conductive contacts to conductive structures
6642146 Method of depositing copper seed on semiconductor substrates
6638810 Tantalum nitride CVD deposition by tantalum oxide densification
6635571 Process for forming aluminum or aluminum oxide thin film on subst...
6635510 Method of making a parylene coating for soldermask
6630397 Method to improve surface uniformity of a layer of arc used for t...
6627544 Method of making a metal film pattern
6624070 Plating catalysts
6623995 Optimized monitor method for a metal patterning process
6620654 Method for fabricating a simplified CMOS polysilicon thin film tr...
6617241 Method of thick film planarization
6613665 Process for forming integrated circuit structure comprising layer...
6607939 Method of making a multi-layer interconnect
6607977 Method of depositing a diffusion barrier for copper interconnect ...
6605479 Method of using damaged areas of a wafer for process qualificatio...
6602779 Method for forming low dielectric constant damascene structure wh...
6602734 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
6599767 Method of avoiding bonding pad oxidation in manufacturing an OLED...
6599825 Method for forming wiring in semiconductor device
6596629 Method for forming wire in semiconductor device
6586330 Method for depositing conformal nitrified tantalum silicide films...
6586334 Reducing copper line resistivity by smoothing trench and via side...
6583051 Method of manufacturing an amorphized barrier layer for integrate...
6583055 Method of forming stepped contact trench for semiconductor device...
6583031 Method of making a MEMS element having perpendicular portion form...
6582983 Method and wafer for maintaining ultra clean bonding pads on a wa...
6579738 Method of alignment for buried structures formed by surface trans...
6576548 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with reliable cont...
6576550 `Via first` dual damascene process for copper metallization
 
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