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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:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jason R. Wright, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andreas Norbert Wiswesser, Mountain View, CA (US);
Boguslaw A. Swedek, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 1/700 ;
Abstract
Polishing pads with a window, systems containing such polishing pads, and processes that use such polishing pads are disclosed. In embodiments, a polishing pad includes a backing layer having an opening, a polishing layer having an opening aligned with the opening in the backing layer, a solid window of a first material in the opening of the polishing layer, a layer of a first adhesive material between the backing layer and the solid window, and a layer of a second adhesive material between the layer of the first adhesive material and the window.