US3775157A
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Metal coated structure
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1971-09-24
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Granted: 1973-11-27
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Expires: 1991-09-24
Abstract
Abstract A metal coated structure is disclosed and includes a substrate, an actinic-sensitive coating thereon which becomes adherent upon exposure to actinic radiation and a thin metal coating over the actinic-sensitive coating which will transmit actinic radiation for rendering the actinic-sensitive coating adherent to the substrate and the metal coating. After exposure to actinic radiation, the adhered metal coating is useful per se or provides a basis for further metal coatings such as electroless and electrolytic deposited metal coatings.
Inventors
- 👤 H Fromson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 13:46
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/10; H05K3/18; H05K3/181; H05K3/182; H05K3/185; G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; G03F7/016; H05K3/02; H05K3/04; H05K3/046; H05K3/048; H05K3/22; H05K3/24; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/03; H05K2201/0332; H05K2201/0335; H05K2201/0347; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/05; H05K2203/0502; H05K2203/0525; H05K2203/07; H05K2203/0703; H05K2203/072; H05K2203/0723; H05K3/0011; H05K3/0017; H05K3/0023; H05K3/14; H05K3/146; H05K3/38; H05K3/388; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/922; Y10S428/923; Y10S428/924; Y10S428/926; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12493; Y10T428/12535; Y10T428/12556; Y10T428/12569; Y10T428/12736; Y10T428/1275; Y10T428/12771; Y10T428/12778; Y10T428/12861; Y10T428/12903; Y10T428/12986; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
11 words
Structure of claim 1 wherein said metal layer is vacuum deposited.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
27 words
Structure of claim 1 wherein said metal layer is selected from the group of copper, gold, alloys of copper and gold, silver, aluminum, zinc, nickel and chromium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
Structure of claim 1 wherein said metal layer has a thickness of from about 4,000 to about 10,000 Angstroms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
Structure of claim 1 wherein said metal layer has a thickness of up to about 1.5 microns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
Structure of claim 1 wherein said actinic-sensitive material is a diazo resin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
Structure of claim 1 wherein a layer of electroless deposited metal is applied to said metal layer after exposure of the actinic-sensitive layer to actinic radiation.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
11 words
Structure of claim 7 wherein said electroless deposited metal is copper.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
Structure of claim 7 wherein an electroplated metal layer is applied to said electroless deposited metal layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
8 words
Structure of claim 1 exposed to actinic radiation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
9 words
Structure of claim 1 exposed to actinic heat radiation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
47 words
Process for making a metal coated structure which comprises coating a substrate having an actinic-sensitive photochemical layer thereon with a metal layer which will transmit actinic radiation to initiate a photochemical reaction in the actinic-sensitive layer thereby rendering same adherent to the substrate and the metal coating.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
Process of claim 12 wherein said metal layer is vacuum deposited.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
Process of claim 13 wherein the vacuum deposited metal layer has applied thereto a layer of electroless deposited metal after exposure of the actinic sensitive layer to actinic radiation.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
Process of claim 14 which includes the step of electroplating a metal layer to the electroless deposited metal layer.
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