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Lower edge ring of a process kit for semiconductor substrate processing

Granted 3 Mar 2026 · no office action yet

Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.

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Inventors: Avgerinos V. Gelatos, Muhannad Mustafa, Yung-Hsin Lee, Muhammad M. Rasheed +5 · Examiner: Elizabeth J Oswecki · AU 2926 · TC 2900

Application
29/845,733
filed 11 Jul 2022
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US D1115719
granted 3 Mar 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top plan view of…

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a lower edge ring of a process kit for semiconductor substrate processing, showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof, the back, left, and right side elevation views are identical.

FIG. 4 is a top isometric view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a bottom isometric view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 6 - 6 and encircled portions labeled, “ FIG. 6 ,” in FIG. 1 .

The hatch lines in the cross-section of FIG. 6 represent unclaimed internal environment and form no part of the claimed design. The dashed break lines in FIG. 6 represent unclaimed environment and form no part of the claimed design.

In FIG. 6 the design is shown with a symbolic break shown in broken lines in its length to provide an enlarged view of cross-sectional detail of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/182

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-2019229007-A1A125 Jul 201916 Jan 2019publishedProcess kit for a substrate support
USUS-11387134-B2B212 Jul 202216 Jan 2019grantedProcess kit for a substrate support
USthis patentUS-D1115719-SS13 Mar 202611 Jul 2022grantedLower edge ring of a process kit for semiconductor substrate processing
USUS-D1115720-SS13 Mar 202611 Jul 2022grantedLower edge ring of a process kit for semiconductor substrate processing
JPJP-2021511663-AA6 May 202117 Jan 2019published基板支持体のためのプロセスキットja
JPJP-7382329-B2B216 Nov 202317 Jan 2019granted基板支持体のためのプロセスキットja
KRKR-20200101993-AA28 Aug 202017 Jan 2019published기판 지지부를 위한 프로세스 키트ko
KRKR-102711327-B1B126 Sep 202417 Jan 2019granted기판 지지부를 위한 프로세스 키트ko
CNCN-111587481-AA25 Aug 202017 Jan 2019publishedProcess kit for substrate support
CNCN-111587481-BB6 Dec 202417 Jan 2019granted用于基板支撑件的处理配件zh
WOWO-2019143858-A1A125 Jul 201917 Jan 2019publishedKit de traitement pour un support de substratfr
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
TWTW-201941354-AA16 Oct 201918 Jan 2019publishedProcess kit for a substrate support
TWTW-I840341-BB1 May 202418 Jan 2019grantedProcess kit for a substrate support

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