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
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1 parts›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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13 members · 6 offices›IP5 & PCT — 11 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US-2019229007-A1 | A1 | 25 Jul 2019 | 16 Jan 2019 | published | Process kit for a substrate support |
| US | US-11387134-B2 | B2 | 12 Jul 2022 | 16 Jan 2019 | granted | Process kit for a substrate support |
| USthis patent | US-D1115719-S | S1 | 3 Mar 2026 | 11 Jul 2022 | granted | Lower edge ring of a process kit for semiconductor substrate processing |
| US | US-D1115720-S | S1 | 3 Mar 2026 | 11 Jul 2022 | granted | Lower edge ring of a process kit for semiconductor substrate processing |
| JP | JP-2021511663-A | A | 6 May 2021 | 17 Jan 2019 | published | 基板支持体のためのプロセスキットja |
| JP | JP-7382329-B2 | B2 | 16 Nov 2023 | 17 Jan 2019 | granted | 基板支持体のためのプロセスキットja |
| KR | KR-20200101993-A | A | 28 Aug 2020 | 17 Jan 2019 | published | 기판 지지부를 위한 프로세스 키트ko |
| KR | KR-102711327-B1 | B1 | 26 Sep 2024 | 17 Jan 2019 | granted | 기판 지지부를 위한 프로세스 키트ko |
| CN | CN-111587481-A | A | 25 Aug 2020 | 17 Jan 2019 | published | Process kit for substrate support |
| CN | CN-111587481-B | B | 6 Dec 2024 | 17 Jan 2019 | granted | 用于基板支撑件的处理配件zh |
| WO | WO-2019143858-A1 | A1 | 25 Jul 2019 | 17 Jan 2019 | published | Kit de traitement pour un support de substratfr |
›Other offices — 2 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TW | TW-201941354-A | A | 16 Oct 2019 | 18 Jan 2019 | published | Process kit for a substrate support |
| TW | TW-I840341-B | B | 1 May 2024 | 18 Jan 2019 | granted | Process kit for a substrate support |
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