Patents by Inventor Tom Nowak

Tom Nowak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of processing a substrate in a processing chamber
    Patent number: 6365518
    Abstract: Methods for processing a substrate are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a substrate with a first layer and an oxide layer on the substrate is placed in a processing chamber. The oxide layer is removed while the substrate is at a first temperature in the processing chamber. A second layer is then formed on the first layer while the substrate is at a second temperature in the processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Lee, Chris Ngai, Christopher Bencher, Tom Nowak
  • Wall fastener
    Patent number: 4765788
    Abstract: An improved wall fastener for hollow walls, the fastener having two spreadable anchoring blades designed to spread behind the wall following insertion of a screw thereinbetween. The fastener is made of thin sheet metal which has been hardened through a heat treating process, such as quenching. Complementary engaging means on the blades are used to hold the blades together during the heat treatment and to prevent the separation thereof until the screw insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Eustathios Vassiliou
    Inventors: Tom Nowak, Edward J. Smith, Eustathios Vassiliou