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Controlled droplet formed layered structures

US7132159B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 1998
Grant dateNov 7, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/28
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A laminate, comprising a substrate and at least two controlled droplet-formed layers further comprising an array of discrete placed material volumes having a thickness extent, each material volume having a selected magnitude and a selected position relative to adjacent material volumes, said array being formed by deposition of droplets of selected volume at selected locations with respect to one another.

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