Device including contacts

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2006-11-28

2006-11-28

Fuller, Rodney (Department: 2851)

Photocopying

Projection printing and copying cameras

Step and repeat

C355S067000, C430S005000

Reexamination Certificate

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07142282

ABSTRACT:
A device that includes contacts. In one implementation, a device includes a substantially arbitrary arrangement of contacts. The contacts in the device are defined with a definition characteristic of interference lithography.

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