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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. 11, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Satoshi Nebashi, Cambridge, GB;
Takao Nishikawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Tatsuya Shimoda, Suwa-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/22 (2006.01); B41J 2/16 (2006.01); H01L 41/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A templateis brought close to or in contact with a surface to be patternedand patterns are formed with liquidon the surface. This method comprises the steps of: bringing the templateclose to or essentially in contact with the surface, supplying liquidto a plurality of through holesestablished in the pattern transfer regionof the templatefor supplying the liquid, and separating the templatefrom the surfaceafter the liquidis adhered to the surfacevia the through holes