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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:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W. Svenkeson, Marine On St. Croix, MN (US);
John D. Hamre, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method of forming a conductive device includes forming a conductive layer on a substrate; etching the conductive layer to form a plurality of conductive traces; etching the conductive layer to form at least one mask feature; and removing substrate material that is not covered by the at least one mask feature so as to form at least one mechanical alignment feature.