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Wafer carrier ring

Granted 20 Sep 2016 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Truist Financial Corporation · originally Entegris

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Inventors: Jason T. Steffens, Russ V. Raschke, Eric S. Olson · Examiner: Cynthia Ramirez · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/518,509
filed 24 Feb 2015
Publication
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US D767233
granted 20 Sep 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a wafer carrier ring showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view, with the rear being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view, with the other side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view taken at line 7 - 7 of FIG. 4 and,

FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view taken at line 8 - 8 of FIG. 4 .

The broken lines shown in the figures are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the wafer carrier ring and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D34/29

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Examiner
Cynthia Ramirez
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USUS-D723239-SS124 Feb 201530 Aug 2012grantedWafer carrier ring
USthis patentUS-D767233-SS120 Sep 201624 Feb 2015grantedWafer carrier ring
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TWTW-D160525-SS11 May 201427 Feb 2013publishedWafer carrier ring

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