(19)
(11) EP 0 710 161 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
08.05.1996 Bulletin 1996/19

(21) Application number: 94922123.0

(22) Date of filing: 12.07.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G03F 7/ 36( . )
B08B 5/ 00( . )
C03C 17/ 32( . )
C23F 1/ 00( . )
C23F 4/ 00( . )
G03F 7/ 42( . )
H01L 21/ 306( . )
H05K 3/ 26( . )
B08B 3/ 02( . )
B08B 6/ 00( . )
C03C 23/ 00( . )
C23F 1/ 12( . )
C23G 5/ 00( . )
H01L 21/ 302( . )
H01L 21/ 311( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1994/007751
(87) International publication number:
WO 1995/002472 (26.01.1995 Gazette 1995/05)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE

(30) Priority: 16.07.1993 US 19930092417

(71) Applicant: FUSION SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Rockville, MD 20855-2798 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • SPARKS, Eileen, R.
    Clarksburg, MD 20871 (US)
  • MITCHENER, James, C.
    Damascus, MD 20872 (US)
  • ROUNDS, Stuart, N.
    Germantown, MD 20874 (US)
  • MATTHEWS, John, C.
    Gaithersburg, MD 20871 (US)

(74) Representative: Schwepfinger, Karl-Heinz, Dipl.-Ing. 
Prinz & Partner, Manzingerweg 7
D-81241 München
D-81241 München (DE)

   


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