Patents by Inventor Larry Seger

Larry Seger 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).

  • Photo-imageable compositions of norbornene and acrylate copolymers and use thereof
    Patent number: 7087691
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass photo-imageable compositions that include polymers of acrylate-type monomers and norbornene-type monomers. In some embodiments a catalyst system comprising a cationic or a neutral Pd(II) dimer component having the formula (Allyl)Pd(P(R21)3) or (L?)[(L)Pd(R)(X)]2, respectively is employed to effect polymerization. In other embodiments a free radical or living free radical catalyst is employed to effect polymerization. At least one of the acrylate-type monomers and norbornene-type monomers of the polymer embodiments of the present invention encompass an acid labile moiety. Some polymer embodiments of the present invention include more than one type of acrylate-type monomer and norbornene-type monomer. Embodiments of the present invention include forming a patterned layer on a substrate and some embodiments include transferring the patterned structure to a material layer first formed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignees: Promerus LLC, Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Larry F. Rhodes, Larry Seger, Ayusman Sen, April Hennis Marchetti
  • Polymers of polycyclic olefins having a polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane pendant group and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050192409
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass polymers having at least one norbornene-type repeating unit derived from a norbornene-type monomer having a polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane pendant group. Such polymers, are formed by addition polymerizations that employ one of a neutral or cationic palladium catalyst or a neutral nickel catalyst. Such polymers are useful for a variety of applications such as a positive tone or negative tone photodefinable material, a low-k dielectric constant material, an etch selective layer, a sacrificial material or the like. In addition, embodiments of the present invention include devices formed using such polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Larry Rhodes, Larry Seger, Ramakrishna Ravikiran, Edmund Elce, Robert Shick, John-Henry Lipian
  • Photo-imageable compositions of norbornene and acrylate copolymers and use thereof
    Publication number: 20040063885
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass photo-imageable compositions that include polymers of acrylate-type monomers and norbornene-type monomers. In some embodiments a catalyst system comprising a cationic or a neutral Pd(II) dimer component having the formula (Allyl)Pd(P(R21)3) or (L′)[(L)Pd(R)(X)]2, respectively is employed to effect polymerization. In other embodiments a free radical or living free radical catalyst is employed to effect polymerization. At least one of the acrylate-type monomers and norbornene-type monomers of the polymer embodiments of the present invention encompass an acid labile moiety. Some polymer embodiments of the present invention include more than one type of acrylate-type monomer and norbornene-type monomer. Embodiments of the present invention include forming a patterned layer on a substrate and some embodiments include transferring the patterned structure to a material layer first formed on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Larry F. Rhodes, Larry Seger, Ayusman Sen, April Hennis Marchetti