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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Kenzo Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Kishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Mari Ichimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Kenzo Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Kishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Mari Ichimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present application provides a process for the preparation of microbeads, including the steps of: patterning a thin film, which has been formed on a substrate, into microbead regions of at least one predetermined shape by photolithography; immobilizing a predetermined substance on the thus-patterned microbead regions; and stripping off, from the substrate, the thus-patterned microbead regions with the substance immobilized thereon.