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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Freiburg, DE;
Hans-Frieder Schleiermacher, Freiburg, DE;
Birger Zimmerman, Breiburg im Breisgau, DE;
Michael Niggemann, Cambridge, GB;
Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Freiburg, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for patterning an article that comprises a first layer of a first material. The apparatus includes a thread, at least one thread guide for guiding the thread such that at least a portion of the thread engages with the article, a unit for moving the thread relative to the at least one thread guide means, and a unit for applying a solvent to the thread before the thread contacts the article, wherein the first material is soluble in the solvent.