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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:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary Farquhar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Malgorzata M. Skender, Birmingham, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Tech., Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 2/100 ;
Abstract
A non-contact mask which is selectively deployed in close proximity to an object and which has a certain type of electrical charge. A substance to be selectively applied to the object is provided with the certain type of electrical charge and the electrical charge of the mask and the electrical charge of the substance cooperate to substantially prevent the substance from being applied to the mask