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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2022
Applicant:

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Metin Sitti, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Michael Murphy, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Burak Aksak, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00 (2006.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); C09J 7/00 (2018.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09J 7/00 (2013.01); B29C 33/3857 (2013.01); B81C 1/00031 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); G03F 7/0002 (2013.01); B29L 2031/757 (2013.01); C09J 2301/31 (2020.08); C09J 2301/416 (2020.08); Y10T 428/24479 (2015.01);
Abstract

Dry adhesives and methods for forming dry adhesives. A method of forming a dry adhesive structure on a backing material, comprises: forming a template backing layer of energy sensitive material on the backing material; forming a template layer of energy sensitive material on the template backing layer; exposing the template layer to a predetermined pattern of energy; removing a portion of the template layer related to the predetermined pattern of energy, and leaving a template structure formed from energy sensitive material and connected to the substrate via the template backing layer.


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