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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2006
Robert L. Wood, Apex, NC (US);
Thomas A. Rinehart, Durham, NC (US);
Robert P. Freese, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert L. Wood, Apex, NC (US);
Thomas A. Rinehart, Durham, NC (US);
Robert P. Freese, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Bright View Technologies, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
Microstructures are fabricated by imaging a microstructure master blank that includes a radiation sensitive layer sandwiched between a pair of outer layers, on an imaging platform, to define the microstructures in the radiation sensitive layer. At least one of the outer layers is then removed. The microstructures that were defined in the radiation sensitive layer are developed. The radiation sensitive layer sandwiched between the pair of outer layers may be fabricated as webs, to provide microstructure master blanks.