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Top patents by PatentIndex Score

Discrete or continuous tissue capture device and method for making

Methods of and apparatus for electrochemically fabricating structures via interlaced layers or via selective etching and filling of voids

Miniature RF and microwave components and methods for fabricating such components

Cantilever microprobes for contacting electronic components and methods for making such probes

Miniature RF and microwave components and methods for fabricating such components

Mesoscale and microscale device fabrication methods using split structures and alignment elements

Cantilever microprobes for contacting electronic components and methods for making such probes

Microprobe tips and methods for making

Method and apparatus for maintaining parallelism of layers and/or achieving desired thicknesses of layers during the electrochemical fabrication of structures

Electrochemical fabrication methods including use of surface treatments to reduce overplating and/or planarization during formation of multi-layer three-dimensional structures

Cantilever microprobes for contacting electronic components

Cantilever microprobes for contacting electronic components and methods for making such probes

Thermal management systems, methods for making, and methods for using

Electrochemical fabrication process for forming multilayer multimaterial microprobe structures

Multi-layer three-dimensional structures having features smaller than a minimum feature size associated with the formation of individual layers

Non-conformable masks and methods and apparatus for forming three-dimensional structures

Method for electrochemical fabrication

Electrochemically fabricated structures having dielectric or active bases and methods of and apparatus for producing such structures

Multi-cell masks and methods and apparatus for using such masks to form three-dimensional structures

Methods of reducing interlayer discontinuities in electrochemically fabricated three-dimensional structures

Electrochemical fabrication methods using transfer plating of masks

Pin-type probes for contacting electronic circuits and methods for making such probes

Micro-scale and meso-scale hydraulically or pneumatically powered devices capable of rotational motion

Cantilever microprobes for contacting electronic components and methods for making such probes

Fabrication process for co-fabricating multilayer probe array and a space transformer

Method and apparatus for maintaining parallelism of layers and/or achieving desired thicknesses of layers during the electrochemical fabrication of structures

Electrochemical fabrication method for producing multi-layer three-dimensional structures on a porous dielectric

Electrochemically fabricated microprobes

Methods for electrochemically fabricating structures using adhered masks, incorporating dielectric sheets, and/or seed layers that are partially removed via planarization

Complex microdevices and apparatus and methods for fabricating such devices

Method of making a contact

Methods of and apparatus for making high aspect ratio microelectromechanical structures

Microprobe tips and methods for making

Methods of and apparatus for molding structures using sacrificial metal patterns

Complex microdevices and apparatus and methods for fabricating such devices

Electrochemically fabricated hermetically sealed microstructures and methods of and apparatus for producing such structures

Micro heat transfer arrays, micro cold plates, and thermal management systems for cooling semiconductor devices, and methods for using and making such arrays, plates, and systems

Two-part microprobes for contacting electronic components and methods for making such probes

Probes having improved mechanical and/or electrical properties for making contact between electronic circuit elements and methods for making

Cantilever microprobes for contacting electronic components

Miniature shredding tools for use in medical applications, methods for making, and procedures for using

Micro heat transfer arrays, micro cold plates, and thermal management systems for cooling semiconductor devices, and methods for using and making such arrays, plates, and systems

Micro heat transfer arrays, micro cold plates, and thermal management systems for cooling semiconductor devices, and methods for using and making such arrays, plates, and systems

Multi-layer monolithic fiber optic alignment structures, methods for making, and methods for using

Stacking and bonding methods for forming multi-layer, three-dimensional, millimeter scale and microscale structures

Miniature shredding tool for use in medical applications and methods for making

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