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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harish D. Merchant, Hinckley, OH (US);
Charles A. Poutasse, Beachwood, OH (US);
Chin-Ho Lee, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Assignee:
Gould Electronics, Inc., Eastlake, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 2/224 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 2/224 ;
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a flexible laminate, comprising a first flexible polymeric film; a copper layer having a microcracking prevention layer on at least one side the microcracking prevention layer sufficient to prevent microcracks in a copper layer having a thickness of up to about 18 &mgr;m during at least 50,000,000 bending cycles and/or a copper layer having a thickness of up to about 35 &mgr;m during at least 20,000,000 bending cycles of the flexible laminate; and a second flexible polymeric film.