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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:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 39/10 (2006.01); C09J 7/02 (2006.01); B29C 39/12 (2006.01); C09J 175/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09J 7/02 (2013.01); B29C 39/10 (2013.01); B29C 39/123 (2013.01); C09J 175/04 (2013.01); C09J 2201/626 (2013.01); C09J 2475/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of forming dry adhesives including a method of making a dry adhesive including applying a liquid polymer to the second end of the stem, molding the liquid polymer on the stem in a mold, wherein the mold includes a recess having a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the second end of the stem, curing the liquid polymer in the mold to form a tip at the second end of the stem, wherein the tip includes a second layer stem; corresponding to the recess in the mold, and removing the tip from the mold after the liquid polymer cures.