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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
May. 17, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce F Griffing, Schenectady, NY (US);
Paul R West, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430325 ; 430273 ; 430333 ; 430339 ; 430327 ; 430326 ; 430-5 ; 430928 ; 430343 ; 430517 ;
Abstract
The image of an object with opaque and transparent regions having a contrast lens than the contrast threshold of a layer of photoresist when light of a predetermined wavelength to which the photoresist is sensitive is passed through the object and onto the layer of photoresist is enhanced in contrast by the provision of a contrast enhancing layer contiguous to the surface of the photoresist to a value above the contrast threshold of the photoresist. The contrast enhancing layer is constituted of an aryl nitrone compound mixed with a suitable binder.