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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172648 | Chemical-mechanical planarization pad The present disclosure relates to a polishing pad including a chemical agent present in an amount sufficient to be released and dissolving into an aqueous abrasive particle polishing medium during chemical mechanical planarization and reducing abrasive particle aggl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8092280 | Glass substrate for magnetic disk and method for producing the same The present invention relates to a method for producing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk, the method including a step of polishing a main surface of a circular glass plate while supplying a polishing slurry containing a polishing material, in which polishing is... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8075372 | Polishing pad with microporous regions The invention provides a polishing pad for chemical-mechanical polishing comprising a polymeric material comprising two or more adjacent regions, wherein the regions have the same polymer formulation and the transition between the regions does not include a structur... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8025557 | Sanding clay A flexible sanding composite in accordance with the principles of the invention includes about 10% to about 70% by weight liquid component, such as polybutene and/or oleic acid; about 30% to about 80% by weight abrasive material including calcium carbonate and alumi... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7959496 | Flexible membrane assembly for a CMP system and method of using A flexible membrane assembly for a wafer carrier in a CMP system. The flexible membrane assemble has a flat, flexible membrane joined to a rigid cylindrical sidewall. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7520797 | Platen endpoint window with pressure relief A polish pad (40, 42) and platen (50) assembly for use in chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor devices includes a platen (50) having a vented endpoint window (62, 72, 82) with one or more venting passageways (e.g., 64, 66... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7500906 | Sanding tool with rotatable handle A hand-held, manually-operated sanding tool including a base member, a clamping mechanism, a handle and a mounting assembly. The clamping mechanism is adapted to secure a sheet-like abrasive material to the base member. The handle includes a neck and a grip. The mou... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7438631 | Surface-protecting sheet and semiconductor wafer lapping method It is an object of the present invention to provide a surface protective sheet and a method for grinding a semiconductor wafer, by the use of which any dimple is not formed, nor occurs breakage and fouling of a wafer even when a wafer having high bumps which are hig... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435163 | Grinding sheet and grinding method The present invention provides a grinding sheet wherein the width of the ridge in the pattern of abrasive layer is larger than the width of the recess formed between the adjacent portions of the ridge. Its shape is suitable to carry out uniform treatment without cau... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429209 | Method of polishing a glass substrate for use as an information recording medium An information recording medium glass substrate manufactured by polishing the surface of a raw material glass plate. The polishing is divided into two steps, a step for performing a first polishing process to roughly polish the surface of the raw material glass plat... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422512 | Method and apparatus for surface treatment of a long piece of material An inline-ready method of finishing the surface of a long material (W) capable of preventing any environmental problem from occurring and the mechanical properties of the long material from deteriorating, comprising the steps of holding the long material (W) by two ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419421 | Slider having rounded corners and edges, and method for producing the same A slider body characterized by rounded corners and edges and smooth surfaces, formed by polishing with a polymeric fiber and a free abrasive slurry of submicron particles. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413498 | Lapping apparatus and lapping method A film feeder (FF1) feeds a film (1), a first drive (20) rotates a work (W), a second drive (30) moves the work (W) relative to the film (1), a shoe set handler (40) handles the shoe set (2) to press the film (1 | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410409 | Abrasive compound for CMP, method for polishing substrate and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using the same, and additive for CMP abrasive compound The present invention discloses a CMP abrasive comprising cerium oxide particles, a dispersant, an organic polymer having an atom or a structure capable of forming a hydrogen bond with a hydroxyl group present on a surface of a film to be polished and water, a metho... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396497 | Method of forming a polishing pad having reduced striations The present invention provides a method of forming a chemical mechanical polishing pad, comprising providing a tank with polymeric materials and providing a storage hopper with microspheres having an initial bulk density, wherein the storage hopper further comprises... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7367865 | Methods for making wafers with low-defect surfaces, wafers obtained thereby and electronic components made from the wafers The electronic semiconductor component has a crystalline wafer substrate with an active surface and a semiconductor layer coating the active surface. So that the semiconductor layer has a few surface defects the crystalline wafer substrate is a sapphire or silicon c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364498 | Double armed finishing tool for tubing materials A belt grinding finishing tool incorporates a pair of mounting arms projecting forwardly from a drive housing to support a single abrasive belt entrained around drive and idler pulleys. The first mounting arm is positionally fixed relative to the drive housing, but ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351131 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and polishing apparatus In manufacturing a semiconductor device, a part of an element is formed on the surface of a substrate, and at least a periphery of the substrate is polished using a polishing member stretched around the periphery of the substrate so that a polishing face of the poli... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341503 | Surface treating method for golf club head A surface treating method for a golf club head includes applying polishing pretreatment on a golf club head and grinding at least one surface of the golf club head with a resilient grinding rod. The resilient grinding rod includes at least one resilient matrix and a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329170 | Method of producing polishing pad A method of producing a polishing pad having a polishing layer is characterized in that the polishing layer is produced by a photolithographic method including: forming a sheet molding from a curing composition containing at least an initiator and an energy ray-reac... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329171 | Fixed abrasive article for use in modifying a semiconductor wafer An abrasive article that includes a fixed abrasive element having a plurality of abrasive particles, a resilient element, and a plurality of rigid segments disposed between the fixed abrasive element and the resilient element. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322878 | Belt grinder and attachment for grinding pipe ends A belt grinder includes a motor, a driving disc, a contact disc, a grinding belt, and a housing, where the motor and the driving disc are moveable with respect to the contact disc in order to vary the distance between the axis of the contact disc and the axis of the... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7308899 | Hair-styling device having ion-emitting ceramic material components A ceramic-containing sleeve or a ceramic-based coating on the surface of a roller or curler. The coating or sleeve comprises a mixture of components including, substantially, silicon oxide. While the present invention rollers emit ions without application of heat, h... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303461 | Method of machining airfoils by disc tools A method for machining a rotor having a disc and a plurality of integral airfoils projecting outwardly from the disc, according to one aspect of the invention, comprises a step of machining each airfoil with a disc tool having a grinding periphery thereof adapted fo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294047 | Sander device A sander device includes a housing pivotally attached to a supporting base and rotatable between a horizontal position and a vertical position, a driven roller and an idle roller rotatably disposed in the housing, and an endless driving belt engaged over the driven ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293635 | Business travel bag Travel bag for organizing computer and other items has a computer compartment that includes pockets for small items and a dual-entry pocket. Flat pockets are provided on two large sides of the dual-entry pocket. An opening on the outer body of the bag provides acces... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291055 | Wafer polishing method and apparatus The present invention provides a wafer polishing method and a polishing apparatus which are capable of preventing peripheral sags of a wafer due to polishing and then manufacturing the wafer, especially an SOI wafer at a high flatness level. There is provided a wafe... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288019 | Method of changing the surface wettability of polymer materials The present invention belongs to the field of surface modification of solid materials, specifically relates to a method of changing the surface wettability of polymer materials. The method of the present invention comprises of rubbing the surface of the polymer mate... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285039 | Tools for polishing and associated methods Methods for making polishing tools and associated tools are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of making a polishing tool is provided. Such a method may include truing a working surface of a nano-diamond impregnated substrate. The method may further include forming ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278909 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and polishing apparatus In manufacturing a semiconductor device, a part of an element is formed on the surface of a substrate, and at least a periphery of the substrate is polished using a polishing member stretched around the periphery of the substrate so that a polishing face of the poli... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278904 | Method of abrading a workpiece A method of abrading a surface of a workpiece with a structured abrasive article in the presence of a liquid comprising water and at least one of a sulfonate or sulfate anionic surfactant. ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270596 | Chemical mechanical polishing process A chemical mechanical polishing process includes rotating at least one of a semiconductor substrate and polishing pad relative to the other. A chemical mechanical polishing slurry is provided intermediate the substrate and pad. The substrate is polished with the slu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270595 | Polishing pad with oscillating path groove network A polishing pad (20) for polishing a wafer (32) or other article, the pad having a groove network (60) configured to increase the residence time polishing medium (46) on the pad. The groove network has a first portion (72) that may... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264539 | Systems and methods for removing microfeature workpiece surface defects Systems and methods for removing microfeature workpiece surface defects are disclosed. A method for processing a microfeature workpiece in accordance with one embodiment includes removing surface defects from a surface of a microfeature workpiece by engaging the sur... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264719 | Particles with silver carried and producing method thereof To provide particles for water disinfection which are hard to be suspended and are hard to be diffused in water which is suitable for use of disinfecting water and which are capable of developing disinfection effect fully and method of producing the same. Par... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261618 | Device and method for abrading a wooden barrel A device for abrading a wooden barrel (13) includes a robot having elements (11, 17, 23) for loading a barrel (13), elements (29a, 29b, 33a, 33b) for gripping and rotating the barrel (13... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257956 | Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus configured such that a cooling body provided with heat-dissipating plates is pressed against a device to which a socket of a burn-in board is attached, and air is provided by a blower such that the air passes between the heat-dissipating plates, ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254861 | Device for cleaning tip and side surfaces of a probe A device for cleaning the tip portion and the side surfaces of a probe has two or more different kinds of intermediate sheets affixed to a substrate in a side-by-side relationship with respect to each other. One of these intermediate sheets is an elastic sheet havin... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255632 | Chemical mechanical polishing system having multiple polishing stations and providing relative linear polishing motion A polishing method usable in an apparatus including a rotatable member rotatable about a first axis, at least one substrate head assembly supported on said rotatable member, and at least two polishing surfaces arranged below said rotatable member at respective angul... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252736 | Compliant grinding wheel A pre-planarization module configured to perform a long range planarization operation is provided. The pre-planarization module includes a semiconductor substrate support configured to rotate about a first axis. The pre-planarization module also includes an annular ... | 08/07/2007 |
