Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Kevin Pontius
  • Patent number: 6168672
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer processing system with a multi-tasking sequencer control that performs an automatic cleaning process for the process chamber or chambers of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Applied Materials Inc.
    Inventor: Thu Van Nguyen
  • Patent number: 5655610
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for cleaning dirt and debris from the stem and flighting of an earth boring auger. The auger cleaner apparatus has an opposed pair of blade assemblies which are brought into mechanical engagement with the stem and flighting of the auger. Once the auger cleaner is engaged about the auger, the user of the apparatus then need only rotate the auger cleaner about the auger to strip off dirt and debris. The auger cleaner has handles which provide mechanical advantage to the user for causing the device to rotate about the auger. The device may be provided with selectively exchangeable blade assemblies for adapting the auger cleaner for use on augers of different sizes and of different manufacturers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Inventor: Todd M. Skinner