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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7939370 | Power semiconductor package The present invention features a power semiconductor package and a method of forming the same that includes forming, in the body, a stress relief region disposed between a pair of mounting regions and attaching a semiconductor die in each of the mounting regions. Th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7630609 | Arrayed multi-fiber connector A system and method for segmenting a plurality of optical fibers to form an arrayed multi-fiber optical connector. In one example embodiment, the present innovations include an optical connector that has a plurality of optical fibers arranged into a two-dimensional ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7598620 | Copper bonding compatible bond pad structure and method A copper bonding compatible bond pad structure and associated method is disclosed. The device bond pad structure includes a buffering structure formed of regions of interconnect metal and regions of non-conductive passivation material, the buffering structure provid... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7252777 | Method of forming an in-situ recessed structure The present invention features a method of patterning a substrate that includes forming from a first material, disposed on the substrate, a first film having an original pattern that includes a plurality of projections. The projections extend from a nadir surface te... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241395 | Reverse tone patterning on surfaces having planarity perturbations The present invention features a method of patterning a substrate that includes forming, on the substrate, a first film having an original pattern that includes a plurality of projections a subset of which extends from a nadir surface terminating in an apex surface ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7179396 | Positive tone bi-layer imprint lithography method The present invention provides a method to pattern a substrate which features creating a multi-layered structure by forming, on the substrate, a patterned layer having protrusions and recessions. Formed upon the patterned layer is a conformal layer, with the multi-l... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7157036 | Method to reduce adhesion between a conformable region and a pattern of a mold The present invention provides a method to reduce adhesion between a conformable region on a substrate and a pattern of a mold, which selectively comes into contact with the conformable region. The method features forming a conformable material on the substrate and ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150622 | Systems for magnification and distortion correction for imprint lithography processes The present invention is directed toward a system to vary dimensions of a template in order to attenuate if not prevent distortions in an underlying pattern formed by the template. To that end, the system features a compression device that includes a pair of spaced-... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140861 | Compliant hard template for UV imprinting A compliant UV imprint lithography template, which may also act as a thermal implant template, and methods for manufacturing it. The template essentially comprises a relief image and an elastomer adapted to adjust the relief image. In an embodiment, the relief image... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7132225 | Methods of inspecting a lithography template A method for forming imprint lithography templates is described herein. The method includes forming a masking layer and a conductive layer on a substrate surface. The use of a conductive layer allows patterning of the masking layer using electron beam pattern genera... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122482 | Methods for fabricating patterned features utilizing imprint lithography One embodiment of the present invention is a method for generating patterned features on a substrate that includes: (a) forming a first layer on at least a portion of a surface of the substrate, the first layer comprising at least one layer of a first material, whic... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7099590 | Filtering technique for free space interconnects A filtering technique for a free space communication that features encoding and decoding of signals employing a filtering apparatus that includes a bulk holographic transform function. Employing the encoding and decoding technique facilitates providing a great numbe... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098572 | Apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface An apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface includes a flexure system having a first flexure member defining a first axis of rotation and a second flexure member defining a second axis of rotation. A body is coupled to the flexure syst... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082267 | Shared multi-channel parallel optical interface An optical communication method and system that features concurrently refracting and filtering, employing a holographic transform function, optical energy to impinge upon an optical detector with unwanted characteristics of the optical energy being removed. To that ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077992 | Step and repeat imprint lithography processes The present invention is directed to methods for patterning a substrate by imprint lithography. Imprint lithography is a process in which a liquid is dispensed onto a substrate. A template is brought into contact with the liquid and the liquid is cured. The cured li... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071088 | Method for fabricating bulbous-shaped vias The present invention provides a method for fabricating bulbous-shaped vias on a substrate, having a surface, by disposing, on the substrate, a polymerizable fluid composition. A mold is placed in contact with the polymerizable fluid composition. The mold includes a... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060324 | Method of creating a dispersion of a liquid on a substrate The present invention includes a method of moving a liquid between a substrate extending in a first plane and a template extending in a second plane. More specifically, the method may include forming an oblique angle between the first plane and the second plane, red... | 06/13/2006 |
| D521797 | Grill | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041604 | Method of patterning surfaces while providing greater control of recess anisotropy The present invention features a method of patterning a substrate that includes forming, on the substrate, a multi-layer film defining an etch rate interface having a plurality of first portions that having a first etch rate associated therewith. The multi-layer fil... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036389 | System for determining characteristics of substrates employing fluid geometries The present invention provides a system for determining characteristics of substrates, such as the presence of contaminants, shape, as well as the spatial relationships between spaced-apart substrates. The spatial relationships include distance and angular orientati... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026583 | Surface mountable PTC device A surface mountable PTC device includes a PTC layer, first and second electrodes formed on the PTC layer, first and second insulating layers formed respectively on the first and second electrodes, and first and second terminals connected respectively and electricall... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019819 | Chucking system for modulating shapes of substrates The present invention is directed to a chucking system to modulate substrates so as to properly shape and position the same with respect to a wafer upon which a pattern is to be formed with the substrate. The chucking system includes a chuck body having first and se... | 03/28/2006 |
| D517365 | Grill | 03/21/2006 |
| 6990870 | System for determining characteristics of substrates employing fluid geometries The present invention provides a technique for determining characteristics of substrates, such as the presence of contaminants, shape, as well as the spatial relationships between spaced-apart substrates. The spatial relationships include distance and angular orient... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6986975 | Method of aligning a template with a substrate employing moire patterns The present invention includes a method of determining an alignment between a substrate and a template spaced-apart from the substrate and having a distance defined therebetween, the substrate having a first pattern disposed thereon and the template having a second ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6982783 | Chucking system for modulating shapes of substrates The present invention is directed to a chucking system to modulate substrates so as to properly shape and position the same with respect to a wafer upon which a pattern is to be formed with the substrate. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980282 | Method for modulating shapes of substrates The present invention is directed to a method for modulating shapes of a substrate, having first and second opposed surfaces. This is achieved by creating a pressure differential between differing regions of the first opposed surface to attenuate structural distorti... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6964793 | Method for fabricating nanoscale patterns in light curable compositions using an electric field A high-throughput lithography process for creating high-resolution patterns in a polymerizable composition using carefully controlled electric field followed by curing of the polymerizable composition is described. The process involves the use of a template that inc... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6955868 | Method to control the relative position between a body and a surface A method to control a relative position between a surface and a body to form a pattern in the surface that features moving a body to obtain a desired relationship between the surface and the body. To that end, the method includes sensing the surface and the body and... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954275 | Methods for high-precision gap and orientation sensing between a transparent template and substrate for imprint lithography Described are high precision gap and orientation measurement methods between a template and a substrate used in imprint lithography processes. Gap and orientation measurement methods presented here include uses of broad-band light based measuring techniques. ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951173 | Assembly and method for transferring imprint lithography templates Disclosed is a template transfer assembly and method that features a template transfer substrate, and a template having first and second sides, with the first side facing away from the template transfer substrate and the second side facing the template transfer subs... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6936194 | Functional patterning material for imprint lithography processes The present invention provides a method for forming an optical coupling device on a substrate by disposing a material onto the substrate that is polymerizable in response to actinic radiation. A stack of the material is formed by contacting the material with a templ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932934 | Formation of discontinuous films during an imprint lithography process The present invention is directed to methods for patterning a substrate by imprint lithography. An imprint lithography method includes placing a curable liquid on a substrate. A template may be contacted with the curable liquid. Surface forces at the interface of th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929762 | Method of reducing pattern distortions during imprint lithography processes The present invention is directed to a method of reducing distortions in a pattern disposed on a layer of a substrate, defining a recorded pattern, employing a mold having the pattern recorded therein, defining an original pattern. The method includes, defining a re... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926929 | System and method for dispensing liquids The present invention provides a method and a system to dispense a liquid, contained in a cartridge, onto a substrate employing a dispensing system under control of a processor in data communication with a memory. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922906 | Apparatus to orientate a body with respect to a surface An apparatus to orientate a body with respect to a surface spaced-apart from the body. The apparatus comprises a flexure system having a first flexure member defining a first axis of rotation and a second flexure member defining a second axis of rotation. A body is ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921615 | High-resolution overlay alignment methods for imprint lithography A method of determining and correcting alignment during imprint lithography process is described. During an imprint lithographic process the template may be aligned with the substrate by the use of alignment marks disposed on both the template and substrate. The ali... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919152 | High resolution overlay alignment systems for imprint lithography A system of determining and correcting alignment during imprint lithography process is described. During an imprint lithographic process the template may be aligned with the substrate by the use of alignment marks disposed on both the template and substrate. The ali... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916584 | Alignment methods for imprint lithography Described are methods for patterning a substrate by imprint lithography. Imprint lithography is a process in which a liquid is dispensed onto a substrate. A template is brought into contact with the liquid and the liquid is cured. The cured liquid includes an imprin... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916585 | Method of varying template dimensions to achieve alignment during imprint lithography A method of determining and correcting alignment during imprint lithography process is described. During an imprint lithographic process the template may be aligned with the substrate by the use of alignment marks disposed on both the template and substrate. The ali... | 07/12/2005 |
