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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:
Aug. 07, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2007
Applicants:

Boris Kobrin, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Jeffrey D. Chin, Foster City, CA (US);

Benigno A. Janeiro, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Romuald Nowak, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Boris Kobrin, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Jeffrey D. Chin, Foster City, CA (US);

Benigno A. Janeiro, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Romuald Nowak, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Microstructures, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/12 (2006.01); C23C 16/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/30 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention is related to a chemical vapor deposition method of depositing layers of materials to provide super-hydrophilic surface properties, or super-hydrophobic surface properties, or combinations of such properties at various locations on a given surface. The invention also relates to electronic applications which make use of super-hydrophobic surface properties, and to biological applications which make use of super-hydrophilic surface properties.


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