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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2006
Applicants:

Frank Edward Anderson, Sadieville, KY (US);

Elios Klemo, Lexington, KY (US);

Bryan Dale Mckinley, Lexington, KY (US);

George Nelson Woolcott, Lancaster, KY (US);

Inventors:

Frank Edward Anderson, Sadieville, KY (US);

Elios Klemo, Lexington, KY (US);

Bryan Dale McKinley, Lexington, KY (US);

George Nelson Woolcott, Lancaster, KY (US);

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G01R 27/08 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses to repair defects in a circuit, such as during or subsequent to the manufacture of the circuit. Defects may be detected through, for example, optical processing of an acquired image of the circuit or by measuring the strength of a signal emitted across a pair of conductor plates. If defects are detected, conductive particles may be applied to the circuit to correct the detected defects.


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