Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Having magnetic or ferroelectric component
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-13
2006-06-13
Mulpuri, Savitri (Department: 2812)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Having magnetic or ferroelectric component
C438S472000, C438S022000, C977S726000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07060510
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are electronic, plasmonic and opto-electronic components that are prepared using patterned photodeposited nanoparticles on a substrate surface. Also disclosed are ferroelectric nanolithography methods for preparing components, circuits and devices.
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Bonnell Dawn A.
Conklin David Joseph
Lei Xiaojun
Mulpuri Savitri
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Woodcock & Washburn LLP
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