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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:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott A. Cummings, Jeffersonville, VT (US);
Dennis P. Hogan, Jericho, VT (US);
Alfred A. Rouleau, III, Jonsville, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/12 ; B08B 3/08 ; C23G 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/12 ; B08B 3/08 ; C23G 1/02 ;
Abstract
A method of processing a substrate. A polymer is applied to a substrate. A portion of the polymer is not retained on the substrate and is collected by a catch basin. The catch basin is cleaned by exposing the catch basin and collected polymer to a material comprising acetic acid.