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| Art Unit: | 1716 — Coating apparatus |
|---|---|
| Group: | 1710 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| Classes: |
118 — Coating apparatus 156 — Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 219 — Electric heating 429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 438 — Semiconductor device manufacturing: process 269 — Work holders 216 — Etching a substrate: processes 204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy 427 — Coating processes |
| Phone: | (571) 270-7377 |
| Email: | tiffany.nuckols@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Gen Chem |
| Service: | 18 years |
| Grade: | GS-13 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 36% over 158 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Very Hard |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 88th
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With Examiner Nuckols, you have a 36% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Nuckols is a very hard examiner and in the 88th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Nuckols, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.
Examiner Nuckols's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1716 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Nuckols | 2.8 |
| Art Unit 1716 | 1.7 |
Examiner Nuckols has granted 26 of 77 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 34%.
Examiner Nuckols has granted 31 of 81 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 38%.
With Examiner Nuckols, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 12%.
| Number | Title | OA Rejections | Status | IFW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17793232 | Chemical Vapor Deposition Apparatus | Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. | Patented | View |
| 17139387 | System And Methods For A Radiant Heat Cap In A Semiconductor Wafer Reactor | Patented | View | |
| 17486616 | Method Of Isolating The Chamber Volume To Process Volume With Internal Wafer Transfer Capability | Patented | View | |
| 17411926 | Thermal Choke Plate | Patented | View | |
| 16012120 | Temperature Control Systems And Methods For Removing Metal Oxide Films | Abandoned | View | |
| 17881428 | Substrate Handling System, Method, And Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17694134 | Reaction Tube, Substrate Processing Apparatus And Method Of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device | Patented | View | |
| 17860891 | Flat Susceptor With Grid Pattern And Venting Grooves On Surface Thereof | Abandoned | View | |
| 17417650 | Vapor Deposition Device And Carrier Used In Same | Abandoned | View | |
| 16396109 | Plasma Processing Method And Plasma Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18534182 | Multi-Plate Electrostatic Chucks With Ceramic Baseplates | Patented | View | |
| 17886645 | Manufacturing Method For Solar Cell, Solar Cell, And Solar Cell Manufacturing Apparatus | Abandoned | View | |
| 17282095 | Susceptor | Abandoned | View | |
| 17064470 | Shadow Ring Kit For Plasma Etch Wafer Singulation Process | Abandoned | View | |
| 16480596 | Transport Ring | Abandoned | View | |
| 17414763 | Reaction Chamber For An Epitaxial Reactor Of Semiconductor Material With Non-Uniform Longitudinal Section And Reactor | Patented | View | |
| 17825874 | Plasma Processing Device And Retractable Sealing Part Thereof | Patented | View | |
| 18220161 | Manufacturing Apparatus And Method For Making Silicon Nanowires On Carbon Based Powders For Use In Batteries | Abandoned | View | |
| 18220171 | Manufacturing Apparatus And Method For Making Silicon Nanowires On Carbon Based Powders For Use In Batteries | Abandoned | View | |
| 17327567 | Electrostatic Chuck, Method Of Manufacturing Electrostatic Chuck, And Substrate Processing Apparatus | Abandoned | View | |
| 17190451 | Substrate Support, Plasma Processing System, And Method Of Placing Annular Member | Abandoned | View | |
| 18377371 | Edge Seal For Lower Electrode Assembly | Patented | View | |
| 18582163 | Substrate Support And Plasma Processing Apparatus | Abandoned | View | |
| 17402923 | Deposition Apparatus And Display Panel Manufacturing Apparatus Including The Same | Patented | View | |
| 17544433 | Configurable Faraday Shield | Patented | View | |
| 17458768 | Reactor With Centering Pin For Epitaxial Deposition | Patented | View | |
| 17830744 | Plasma Processing Apparatus And Plasma Processing Method | Abandoned | View | |
| 17191085 | Plasma Processing Apparatus, Semiconductive Member, And Semiconductive Ring | Abandoned | View | |
| 17508581 | Bottom Cover Plate To Reduce Wafer Planar Nonuniformity | Patented | View | |
| 17560228 | Plasma Processing Method And Plasma Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17166132 | Stage, Plasma Processing Apparatus, And Cleaning Method | Patented | View | |
| 16943600 | Placement Stage And Substrate Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18582329 | Substrate Support And Plasma Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18175363 | Methods And Systems For Heating A Wide Bandgap Substrate | Patented | View | |
| 18525005 | Mask Device And Evaporation Device | Patented | View | |
| 17485170 | Fixture, Tray And Sputtering System | Abandoned | View | |
| 16369707 | Plasma Processing Apparatus And Method Of Transferring Workpiece | Abandoned | View | |
| 17337696 | Stage And Substrate Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17187410 | Structures And Methods For Processing A Semiconductor Substrate | Patented | View | |
| 17252012 | Sample Holder | Patented | View | |
| 18498084 | Ceramic Susceptor | Patented | View | |
| 17190615 | Alignment Fixture For A Reactor System | Patented | View | |
| 17143399 | Stage And Plasma Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17467880 | Plasma Processing Apparatus, Thermal Resistance Acquisition Method, And Thermal Resistance Acquisition Program | Patented | View | |
| 16870438 | Methods And Apparatus For Processing A Substrate | Patented | View | |
| 16846502 | Methods And Apparatus For Processing A Substrate | Abandoned | View | |
| 17409921 | Spray Head, Chemical Vapor Deposition Device, And Working Method Of Chemical Vapor Deposition Device | Abandoned | View | |
| 16619651 | Carrying Device And Semiconductor Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17785944 | Workpiece Support System For Plasma Treatment And Method Of Using The Same | Abandoned | View | |
| 17210686 | Semiconductor Processing System Including Temperature Controller | Patented | View |
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