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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. 27, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David H. Gabriels, Cold Spring, NY (US);
James Humenik, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
John U. Knickerbocker, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
David C. Long, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/100 ;
Abstract
A method and structure for filling an opening in a substrate which includes positioning a sheet above the substrate and punching the sheet into the opening in the substrate, wherein the sheet and the substrate have similar shrinkage characteristics when subjected to a subsequent sintering process.