Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – With severing – removing material from preform mechanically,... – Making hole or aperture in article
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-31
2007-07-31
Lee, Edmund H. (Department: 1732)
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
With severing, removing material from preform mechanically,...
Making hole or aperture in article
C264S238000, C264S250000, C264S310000, C264S319000
Reexamination Certificate
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11111264
ABSTRACT:
A method of fabricating an elastomeric structure, comprising: forming a first elastomeric layer on top of a first micromachined mold, the first micromachined mold having a first raised protrusion which forms a first recess extending along a bottom surface of the first elastomeric layer; forming a second elastomeric layer on top of a second micromachined mold, the second micromachined mold having a second raised protrusion which forms a second recess extending along a bottom surface of the second elastomeric layer; bonding the bottom surface of the second elastomeric layer onto a top surface of the first elastomeric layer such that a control channel forms in the second recess between the first and second elastomeric layers; and positioning the first elastomeric layer on top of a planar substrate such that a flow channel forms in the first recess between the first elastomeric layer and the planar substrate.
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Adams Mark L.
Chou Hou-Pu
Hansen Carl L.
Liu Jian
Quake Stephen R.
California Institute of Technology
Lee Edmund H.
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