Patents by Inventor Olaf Fortagne

Olaf Fortagne 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).

  • Patent number: 7141808
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for maskless microlithography. Several microstructured cantilevers (2) are arranged in an array (26) and an actuator is integrated in each of the cantilevers (2) of the array (26). A power supply and control unit (24) is provided, said unit adjusting the distance of the cantilevers (6) relative to a surface (4) that is to be structured by means of an appropriate voltage. Every point of the needles (6) is connected to said power supply and control unit (24). In order to implement the inventive method, an array (26) with cantilevers, each of which carries a point of a needle (6), is brought into contact with a surface (4) to be structured in such a way that the points of the needles (6) are arranged close to the surface (4) to be structured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Inventors: Ivo Rangelow, Tzwetan Ivanov, Peter Hudek, Olaf Fortagne
  • Publication number: 20050225011
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for maskless microlithography. Several microstructured cantilevers (2) are arranged in an array (26) and an actuator is integrated in each of the cantilevers (2) of the array (26). A power supply and control unit (24) is provided, said unit adjusting the distance of the cantilevers (6) relative to a surface (4) that is to be structured by means of an appropriate voltage. Every point of the needles (6) is connected to said power supply and control unit (24). In order to implement the inventive method, an array (26) with cantilevers, each of which carries a point of a needle (6), is brought into contact with a surface (4) to be structured in such a way that the points of the needles (6) are arranged close to the surface (4) to be structured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Ivo Rangelow, Tzwetan Ivanov, Peter Hudek, Olaf Fortagne