Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making device array and selectively interconnecting
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-27
2010-12-07
Smith, Bradley K (Department: 2894)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making device array and selectively interconnecting
C257S004000, C257SE51040, C423S447100, C977S842000, C977S750000, C438S800000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07846781
ABSTRACT:
Carbon nanotube template arrays may be edited to form connections between proximate nanotubes and/or to delete undesired nanotubes or nanotube junctions.
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Hyde Roderick A.
Ishikawa Muriel Y.
Myhrvold Nathan P.
Tegreene Clarence T.
Whitmer Charles
Smith Bradley K
Suiter Swantz pc llo
The Invention Science Fund I LLC
Valentine Jami M
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