Patents by Inventor Anke Pierik

Anke Pierik has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Imprintable medium dispenser
    Publication number: 20080003827
    Abstract: An imprintable medium dispenser includes a chamber, a nozzle, and an actuator connected to the chamber and configured to be actuated and thereby generate a pressure wave within the chamber such that imprintable medium is dispensed from the nozzle. The imprintable medium dispenser is provided with a control circuit which includes a monitoring apparatus configured to receive a transient oscillation signal generated when the actuator is actuated, and to monitor the operation of the imprintable medium dispenser by monitoring the transient oscillation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Johan Frederik Dijksman, Anke Pierik, Martin Maurice Vernhout, Sander Frederik Wuister, Yvonne Wendela Kruijt-Stegeman, Ivar Schram
  • Imprint lithography
    Publication number: 20070237886
    Abstract: An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a substrate table configured to support a lithographic substrate and a plurality of nozzles arranged to eject fluid onto the lithographic substrate, the plurality of nozzles extending over a distance which is substantially equal to or greater than a width of the substrate, wherein the nozzles, the lithographic substrate, or both, are moveable relative to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Johan Dijksman, Antonius Wismans, Anke Pierik, Martin Vernhout, Sander Wuister, Yvonne Kruijt-Stegeman