Appeal No. 2000-1103
Application No. 08/576,367
ceramic, glass, stone, quartz, gallium arsenide, germanium or mixture thereof;
(b) filling the cavity and covering the microstructured mold with a flowable
plastic or sinterable material;
(c) solidifying the flowable material which has filled and covered the
microstructured mold; and
(d) separating the solidified flowable material form the mold to provide a
plastic or sintered material element having a microstruture complementary to
the microstructured mold.
31. A microstructured element produced by the process of Claim 18.
32. A microstructured element produced by the process comprising the steps
of:
(a) forming a microstructure of a microstructured mold having an open cavity
on one surface thereof from a solid body by mechanical machining, additive
structuring or subtractive structuring, wherein said mold consists essentially of
ceramic, glass, stone, quartz, gallium arsenide, germanium or mixture thereof;
(b) filling the cavity and covering the microstructured mold with a flowable
electrical non-conductive material;
(c) solidifying the flowable electrically non-conductive material to form a
solid layer in contact with the surface of the microstructured mold and filling
the cavity;
(d) removing a portion of the solid layer to expose the surface of the
microstructured mold and the cavity filling with solidified flowable material;
(e) applying a layer of conductive material to and covering the exposed surface
of the mold and filled cavity;
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