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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:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
May. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shaji Farooq, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Suryanarayana Kaja, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Hsichang Liu, Fishkill, NY (US);
Karen P McLaughlin, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Gregg B Monjeau, Wallkill, NY (US);
Kim Hulett Ruffing, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
205666 ; 205640 ;
Abstract
A method for preforming electrochemical processes requiring the application of electricity on features of a substrate includes shorting out the features using a shorting layer across connectors to which the features a in electrical communication. Electricity is then applied and the process is performed.