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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:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2009
Applicants:
Rudolf Dinger, Saint-Aubin, CH;
Thierry Ravenel, Hauterive, CH;
Inventors:
Rudolf Dinger, Saint-Aubin, CH;
Thierry Ravenel, Hauterive, CH;
Assignee:
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a mechanical part includes providing a substrate of micro-machinable material; etching, using photolithography, a pattern that includes said part through said entire substrate; assembling a clip on said part so that said part is ready to be mounted without the portion made of micro-machinable material having to be touched by a tool other than the clip; releasing the part from the substrate so as to mount said part in a device such as a timepiece movement.