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Target profile for a physical vapor deposition chamber target

Granted 22 Mar 2022 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Applied Materials Israel · originally Applied Materials, Inc.

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Inventors: Fuhong Zhang, Zheng Wang, Martin Lee Riker · Examiner: Sheryl Lane · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/714,564
filed 25 Nov 2019
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US D946638
granted 22 Mar 2022

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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 target profile for a physical vapor deposition chamber target, according to the novel design.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a right side plan view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a left side plan view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 7 is a back view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken along line 8 - 8 in FIG. 2 .

The dashed lines in the drawings represent unclaimed environment and form no part of the claimed design.

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D15/138D13/182

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USUS-D868124-SS126 Nov 201911 Dec 2017grantedTarget profile for a physical vapor deposition chamber target
USthis patentUS-D946638-SS122 Mar 202225 Nov 2019grantedTarget profile for a physical vapor deposition chamber target
JPJP-1637543-SS29 Jul 20198 Jun 2018grantedno title held
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TWTW-D197322-SS1 May 20191 Jun 2018publishedTarget profile for a physical vapor deposition chamber target

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