Radiation imagery chemistry: process – composition – or product th – Registration or layout process other than color proofing
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-06
2007-03-06
Young, Christopher G. (Department: 1756)
Radiation imagery chemistry: process, composition, or product th
Registration or layout process other than color proofing
C430S030000, C430S322000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10805916
ABSTRACT:
The present invention includes a method of aligning a substrate and a template spaced-apart from the substrate with an activating light curable liquid disposed therebetween, the substrate having substrate alignment marks and the template having template alignment marks, the method including, reducing a distance between the substrate and the template to cause a spreading of the activating light curable liquid; and varying an overlay placement of the template with respect to the substrate such that the template alignment marks are substantially aligned with the substrate alignment marks before the spreading causes the activating light curable liquid to cover an area between the substrate alignment marks and the template alignment marks.
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Bailey Todd C.
Choi Byung-Jin
Colburn Matthew E.
Sreenivasan Sidlgata V.
Board of Regents , The University of Texas System
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Young Christopher G.
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