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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:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/18 ; B05C 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/18 ; B05C 3/02 ;
Abstract
The described invention provides a method and apparatus for coating uniform films on substrates and curing the coatings on the surface. Within an enclosed chamber the object to be coated is positioned and a sufficient amount of liquid material is provided into the chamber to cover the surface of the object to be coated. The excess liquid material is then evacuated from the chamber at a controlled rate to leave a coating of material on the surface of the object.