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| Art Unit: | 2896 — Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes) |
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| Group: | 2800 Search — Search and Classification |
| Classes: |
118 — Coating apparatus 156 — Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 438 — Semiconductor device manufacturing: process 427 — Coating processes |
| Phone: | (571) 272-5081 |
| Email: | benjamin.kendall@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr |
| Service: | 14 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 30% over 156 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Very Hard |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 90th
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With Examiner Kendall, you have a 30% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Kendall is a very hard examiner and in the 90th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Kendall, 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 Kendall's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2896 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Kendall | 2.1 |
| Art Unit 2896 | 1.2 |
Examiner Kendall has granted 20 of 70 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 29%.
Examiner Kendall has granted 27 of 86 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 31%.
With Examiner Kendall, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 7%.
| Number | Title | OA Rejections | Status | IFW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18272994 | Molecular Beam Epitaxy Thin Film Growth Apparatus | Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. | Patented | View |
| 17904321 | Plasma Processing Device And Plasma Processing Method | Patented | View | |
| 17709301 | Chemical-Dose Substrate Deposition Monitoring | Patented | View | |
| 18224070 | Plasma Processing Apparatus And Temperature Controlling Method | Patented | View | |
| 18206659 | Micro-Capillary High Voltage Isolator For Gas Delivery To Vacuum | Patented | View | |
| 17885488 | Semiconductor Processing Station And Semiconductor Process Using The Same | Patented | View | |
| 18349557 | Focus Ring And Plasma Etching Device Including Same | Patented | View | |
| 17977440 | Apparatus For Treating Substrate And Method For Treating Substrate | Patented | View | |
| 17713232 | Substrate Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17913935 | Plasma-Exclusion-Zone Rings For Processing Notched Wafers | Patented | View | |
| 17833408 | Throttle Valve And Foreline Cleaning Using A Microwave Source | Patented | View | |
| 17979291 | Plasma Source And Plasma Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17763915 | Treating Arrangement With Loading/unloading Group And Epitaxial Reactor | Patented | View | |
| 17763890 | Treating Arrangement With Transfer Chamber And Epitaxial Reactor | Patented | View | |
| 17763933 | Treating Arrangement With Storage Chamber And Epitaxial Reactor | Patented | View | |
| 18029641 | Faceless Showerhead | Patented | View | |
| 17842222 | Substrate Treating Apparatus And Substrate Treating Method | Patented | View | |
| 17495760 | Plasma Processing Apparatus And Plasma Processing Coil | Patented | View | |
| 17911992 | Showerhead Purge Collar | Abandoned | View | |
| 18013493 | Profile Twisting Control In Dielectric Etch | Patented | View | |
| 17686609 | Gas Treatment Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17661848 | Apparatus For Edge Control During Plasma Processing | Patented | View | |
| 17682745 | Substrate Processing Device, Substrate Processing Method, And Method For Manufacturing Semiconductor Device | Patented | View | |
| 17931230 | Semiconductor Manufacturing Apparatus And Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method | Abandoned | View | |
| 18005216 | Substrate Processing Apparatus, And Waterproofing Device For Acoustic Sensor | Abandoned | View | |
| 17545130 | Support Unit And Apparatus For Treating Substrate | Patented | View | |
| 17352383 | Plasma Processing System, Plasma Processing Apparatus, And Method For Replacing Edge Ring | Patented | View | |
| 17337067 | Plasma Processing Apparatus With Tunable Electrical Characteristic | Patented | View | |
| 18413728 | Substrate Processing Apparatus | Abandoned | View | |
| 16812075 | Capacitive Sensors And Capacitive Sensing Locations For Plasma Chamber Condition Monitoring | Patented | View | |
| 17817338 | Plasma Processing Apparatus And Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method | Patented | View | |
| 17702105 | Deposition Apparatus | Abandoned | View | |
| 18022550 | Apparatus For Treating Substrate And Method For Aligning Dielectric Plate Using The Same | Patented | View | |
| 17696594 | Integrated Showerhead | Patented | View | |
| 18088828 | Techniques And Apparatus For Selective Shaping Of Mask Features Using Angled Beams | Patented | View | |
| 17354879 | Vented Susceptor | Patented | View | |
| 17704844 | Temperature Controller, Substrate Processing Apparatus, And Pressure Control Method | Patented | View | |
| 17904774 | Semiconductor Processing Chamber With Dual-Lift Mechanism For Edge Ring Elevation Management | Patented | View | |
| 17426965 | Textured Silicon Semiconductor Processing Chamber Components | Abandoned | View | |
| 17987259 | Multi-Antenna Unit For Large Area Inductively Coupled Plasma Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18245543 | Collection Assembly And Semiconductor Pre-Cleaning Chamber | Patented | View | |
| 18087187 | Hermetic Tubular Linear Motor Based Wafer Lift Actuator | Patented | View | |
| 17701673 | Plasma Processing System And Method Of Mounting Annular Member | Patented | View | |
| 16418274 | Process Chamber Process Kit With Protective Coating | Patented | View | |
| 17469895 | Etching Method And Plasma Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17412969 | Pressure Control System For A Multi-Head Processing Chamber Of A Plasma Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18210318 | Substrate Processing Apparatus And Temperature Regulation Method | Patented | View | |
| 15981089 | Semiconductor Processing Chamber For Improved Precursor Flow | Patented | View | |
| 18413533 | Exhaust Component Cleaning Method And Substrate Processing Apparatus Including Exhaust Component | Abandoned | View | |
| 17697023 | Film Forming Apparatus | Patented | View |
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