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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
May. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J. Garant, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Charles H. Perry, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Srinivasa S. N. Reddy, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Donald R. Wall, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24C 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24C 1/04 ;
Abstract
A method and system for cleaning an object containing a metal surface, includes pre-cleaning the object to prepare the object for a metal plating thereover, and post-cleaning the object after the object has been plated with the metal plating. The pre-cleaning step and the post-cleaning step each include blasting the object with a media.