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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2012
Charles W. Koburger, Iii, Delmar, NY (US);
Steven J. Holmes, Guilderland, NY (US);
David V. Horak, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Kurt R. Kimmel, Waterford, NY (US);
Karen E. Petrillo, Voorheesville, NY (US);
Christopher F. Robinson, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Charles W. Koburger, III, Delmar, NY (US);
Steven J. Holmes, Guilderland, NY (US);
David V. Horak, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Kurt R. Kimmel, Waterford, NY (US);
Karen E. Petrillo, Voorheesville, NY (US);
Christopher F. Robinson, Hyde Park, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An article including a microelectronic substrate is provided as an article usable during the processing of the microelectronic substrate. Such article includes a microelectronic substrate having a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface and a peripheral edge at boundaries of the front and rear surfaces. The front surface is a major surface of the article. A removable annular edge extension element having a front surface, a rear surface and an inner edge extending between the front and rear surfaces has the inner edge joined to the peripheral edge of the microelectronic substrate. In such way, a continuous surface is formed which includes the front surface of the edge extension element extending laterally from the peripheral edge of the microelectronic substrate and the front surface of the microelectronic substrate, the continuous surface being substantially co-planar and flat where the peripheral edge is joined to the inner edge.