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Examiner: Culbert, Roberts


Primary examiner statistics: 242 patents; average approval time: 244 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 176 patents; average approval time: 176 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8114780 Method for dielectric material removal between conductive lines
8105497 Method for fabricating cylinder type capacitor
8097178 Surface acoustic wave device and manufacturing method therefor, a...
8084366 Modified DARC stack for resist patterning
8066895 Method to control uniformity using tri-zone showerhead
8062978 Crystalline aluminum oxide layers having increased energy band ga...
8062538 Etching apparatus and method for semiconductor device
8062535 Video rate-enabling probes for atomic force microscopy
8057697 Lapping composition and method using same
8057692 Methods of forming fine patterns in the fabrication of semiconduc...
8052507 Damping polyurethane CMP pads with microfillers
8052884 Method of fabricating microchannel plate devices with multiple em...
8048331 Etching composition and etching process
8038893 Method for producing semiconductor optical device
8034409 Methods, apparatuses, and systems for fabricating three dimension...
8029640 Multilayer retaining ring for chemical mechanical polishing
8029688 Method of fine patterning semiconductor device
8025808 Methods for machine ceramics
8025809 Polishing methods
8017027 Semiconductor fabricating process
8017028 Method of increasing etchability of metals having chemical etchin...
8003000 Plasma processing, deposition and ALD methods
7998357 Method of fine patterning semiconductor device
7993539 Methods of etching nanodots, methods of removing nanodots from su...
7993540 Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus
7989026 Method of use of epoxy-containing cycloaliphatic acrylic polymers...
7985346 Method for preventing fencing during process of forming an air-be...
7977249 Methods for removing silicon nitride and other materials during f...
7976717 Method of forming polarization reversal area, apparatus thereof a...
7977243 Barrier metal film production apparatus, barrier metal film produ...
7976714 Single SOI wafer accelerometer fabrication process
7968468 Substrate treatment apparatus and substrate treatment method
7964109 Method of cleaning a surface of a cobalt-containing material, met...
7959818 Method for forming a fine pattern of a semiconductor device
7961376 Reducing adherence in a MEMS device
7955520 Copper-passivating CMP compositions and methods
7955514 Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method
7951301 Method for producing a ceramic printed-circuit board
7943522 Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
7943054 Method for manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit device

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7294279 Method for releasing a micromechanical structure
7282157 Method of manufacturing light-propagating probe for near-field mi...
7279116 Method for the wet treatment of disk-like objects
7276173 Dielectric recording medium, and method of and apparatus for prod...
7276174 Pre-treatment of plastic materials
7267780 Formation of facets on optical components
7265058 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
7261826 Electrostatic actuator for microelectromechanical systems and met...
7261824 Method of fabrication of a microfluidic device
7261832 Methods and apparatuses for monitoring and controlling mechanical...
7258806 Method of fabricating a diaphragm of a capacitive microphone devi...
7258810 In-situ oxidized textured surfaces for prosthetic devices and met...
7258809 MRAM wet etch method
7252777 Method of forming an in-situ recessed structure
7253112 Dual damascene process
7252774 Selective chemical etch method for MRAM soft layers
7252775 Method of fabricating inkjet nozzle comprising suspended actuator
7247249 Method of treating razor blade cutting edges
7247246 Vertical integration of a MEMS structure with electronics in a he...
7247250 Method for manufacturing a fast heat rise resistor
7244370 Method for producing circuit substrate
7241395 Reverse tone patterning on surfaces having planarity perturbation...
7229565 Chemically assisted surface finishing process
7223349 Method and apparatus for surface processing of printed wiring boa...
7223350 Planarization in an encapsulation process for thin film surfaces
7217369 Meso-microelectromechanical system having a glass beam and method...
7211195 Method for providing a liftoff process using a single layer resis...
7192529 Stamper, lithographic method of using the stamper and method of f...
7189305 Gas-assist systems for applying and moving ozonated resist stripp...
7189333 End effectors and methods for manufacturing end effectors with co...
7189335 Conformal coverings for electronic devices
7186350 Method for removing color resist for exposure alignment
7182875 Microstructures and methods of fabrication thereof
7179393 Methods of manufacturing substrates
7175775 Method of fabricating printhead IC using CTE matched wafer and sa...
7175773 Method for manufacturing a blazed grating, such a blazed grating ...
7169316 Method of manufacture of an ink jet printhead having a moving noz...
7169317 Implant surface preparation
7163638 Method for forming a transparent electrode film
7157016 Etching process for micromachining crystalline materials and devi...
 
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