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Examiner: McDonald, Rodney G.


Primary examiner statistics: 604 patents; average approval time: 605 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 233 patents; average approval time: 846 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7931787 Electron-assisted deposition process and apparatus
7445695 Method and system for conditioning a vapor deposition target
7430984 Method to drive spatially separate resonant structure with spatia...
7431897 Apparatus replacing atmospheric oxygen with an inert gas from a l...
7431808 Sputter target based on titanium dioxide
7427568 Method of forming an interconnect structure
7423939 Method for manufacturing magneto-optical recording medium
7413639 Energy and media connection for a coating installation comprising...
7413636 Method for manufacturing a dual spin valve sensor having a longit...
7410590 Transferable micro spring structure
7407565 Method and apparatus for ionized plasma deposition
7404877 Low temperature zirconia based thermal barrier layer by PVD
7402228 Manufacturing method and apparatus of phase shift mask blank
7399388 Sequential gas flow oxide deposition technique
7399386 Magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing the same and m...
7399501 Gas sensor manufacturing process
7399385 Alternating current rotatable sputter cathode
7399387 Target for sputtering and a method for manufacturing a magnetic r...
7390381 Information recording medium and method of manufacturing the same
7381311 Filtered cathodic-arc plasma source
7377228 System for and method of gas cluster ion beam processing
7378001 Magnetron sputtering
7378003 Thin-film magnetic recording head manufacture using selective ima...
7378002 Aluminum sputtering while biasing wafer
7374642 Treatment process for improving the mechanical, catalytic, chemic...
7374648 Single piece coil support assemblies, coil constructions and meth...
7368041 Method for controlling plasma density or the distribution thereof
7364644 Silver selenide film stoichiometry and morphology control in sput...
7354505 Epitaxial ferromagnetic NiFeN
7347919 Sputter source, sputtering device, and sputtering method
7335426 High strength vacuum deposited nitinol alloy films and method of ...
7335282 Sputtering using an unbalanced magnetron
7332061 Integration of multiple frequency band FBAR filters
7323088 Glazing panels
7320331 In-situ plasma cleaning device for cylindrical surfaces
7316764 System and method for performing sputter etching using independen...
7316763 Multiple target tiles with complementary beveled edges forming a ...
7311796 Plasma processing apparatus
7309405 Method of forming ITO film
7306707 Adaptable processing element for a processing system and a method...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6264803 Apparatus and method for sputtering
6103073 Magnetic thin film head zero throat pole tip definition
6083357 System for and method of providing a controlled deposition on waf...
6042706 Ionized PVD source to produce uniform low-particle deposition
6033542 Electrode and its fabrication method for semiconductor devices, a...
6027619 Fabrication of field emission array with filtered vacuum cathodic...
6015478 Vacuum processing method
6010602 Annealed low emissivity coating
6007684 Process for forming improved titanium-containing barrier layers
5993622 Apparatus for coating a web on a rotating drum by plasma assisted...
5972185 Cathodic arc vapor deposition apparatus (annular cathode)
5968274 Continuous forming method for functional deposited films and depo...
5961793 Method of reducing generation of particulate matter in a sputteri...
5961798 System and method for vacuum coating of articles having precise a...
5958198 Clamp ring for domed heated pedestal in wafer processing
5951834 Vacuum processing apparatus
5951835 Continuous vacuum processing apparatus
5948216 Method for making thin film tantalum oxide layers with enhanced ...
5948224 Method of controlling a treatment process and vacuum treatment ap...
5948215 Method and apparatus for ionized sputtering
5944964 Methods and apparatus for preparing low net stress multilayer thi...
5944968 Sputtering apparatus
5944967 Dual target cathode assembly with shielding
5942089 Method for sputtering compounds on a substrate
5938902 Disc-handling apparatus
5935395 Substrate processing apparatus with non-evaporable getter pump
5935396 Method for depositing metal
5932078 Cathodic arc vapor deposition apparatus
5925227 Multichamber sputtering apparatus
5925226 Apparatus and method for clamping a substrate
5919345 Uniform film thickness deposition of sputtered materials
5916424 Thin film magnetic recording heads and systems and methods for ...
5914018 Sputter target for eliminating redeposition on the target sidewal...
5914017 Apparatus for, and method of, removing hydrocarbons from the surf...
5911861 Coating station
5911856 Method for forming thin film
5910235 Etching and pipelined texturing of a substrate in a stationary va...
5910220 Apparatus and method for selective area deposition of thin films ...
5902461 Apparatus and method for enhancing uniformity of a metal film for...
5902466 Sputtering apparatus with magnetic orienting device for thin film...
 
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