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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:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Stephen Jalrus Potochnik, Corvallis, OR (US);
Kenneth James Faase, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Jalrus Potochnik, Corvallis, OR (US);
Kenneth James Faase, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 21/30 (2006.01); B44C 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of indicating the progress of a sacrificial material removal process, the method, comprising; freeing a portion of a member, the member being disposed in a cage and laterally surrounded by the sacrificial material; and preventing the freed portion of the member from floating away by retaining the freed member.