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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. 26, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2003
Applicants:
Gregory S Herman, Albany, OR (US);
David Champion, Lebanon, OR (US);
James E. Ellenson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Gregory S Herman, Albany, OR (US);
David Champion, Lebanon, OR (US);
James E. Ellenson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-assembled photonic crystal is formed using a template made by nanoimprint lithography. A layer of imprintable material is deposited on a substrate, a pattern is imprinted in the imprintable material to form a template (the pattern of the template being adapted to substantially constrain colloidal particles to a predetermined lattice), and colloidal particles are introduced onto the template, substantially filling the predetermined lattice.