Michael V Demarco

6991416, Jan 31, 2006

Aug 12, 2002

10/216660

Santiago E. del Puerto - Milton NY, US
Michael A. DeMarco - Victor NY, US
Glenn M. Friedman - Redding CT, US
Jorge S. Ivaldi - Trumbull CT, US
James A. McClay - Oxford CT, US

ASML Holding N.V.

H01L 21/68

41433114, 414805

A substrate protection and transport system and method for transitioning a substrate from atomospheric pressure to vacuum in a lithography tool. The system includes one or more removable substrate transport cassettes. Each cassette has at least one vent and at least one filter. The system further includes an end effector coupled to a robotic arm to enable the substrate to be positioned within one of the cassettes, thereby forming a cassette-substrate arrangement. The system further includes a box having a base and a lid. The box holds one or more of the cassette-substrate arrangements. In this way, a box-cassette-substrate arrangement is provided. An out of vacuum storage rack having shelves for holding the box-cassette-substrate arrangement is also provided. Still further, an entry-exit module having a loadlock is provided for transitioning the cassette-substrate arrangement from atmospheric pressure to vacuum. To transport the substrate, the substrate is first loaded into a removable substrate transport cassette.

7249925, Jul 31, 2007

Nov 21, 2005

11/282474

Santiago E. del Puerto - Milton NY, US
Michael A. DeMarco - Victor NY, US
Glenn M. Friedman - Redding CT, US
Jorge S. Ivaldi - Trumbull CT, US
James A. McClay - Oxford CT, US

ASML Holding N.V. - Veldhoven

H01L 21/68

41433114, 414805, 414940

A substrate protection and transport system and method for transitioning a substrate from atmospheric pressure to vacuum in a lithography tool. The system includes one or more removable substrate transport cassettes that support a substrate. The cassette can include a base portion and top portion, and can include a seal. Each cassette has at least one vent and at least one filter. The system further includes a box having a base and lid. The box holds one or more cassette-substrate arrangements. A storage rack having shelves for holding the box-cassette-substrate arrangement is also provided. Further, an entry-exit module having a loadlock is provided for transitioning the cassette-substrate arrangement from atmospheric pressure to vacuum. The entry-exit module can include a shuttle and/or elevator for transporting the cassette-substrate arrangement. During transitioning, the filter(s) and vent(s) restrict particles within the loadlock from entering the cassette-substrate arrangement and reaching a surface of the substrate.

55406947, Jul 30, 1996

Sep 16, 1994

8/307408

Alfred F. DeCarlo - Stamford CT
Michael DeMarco - Port Chester NY
J. Larry Hineline - Fairfield CT

Joint Medical Products Corporation - Stamford CT

A61B 1716
A61B 1717

606 80

A surgical instrument 20 for machining a precise cavity in a patient's bone for receiving a prosthesis 13 having a conical portion 6 and a triangular portion 8 is provided. The instrument 20 includes a first member 26 which has (i) a conical portion 44 which defines a longitudinal axis 40 and (ii) a guide path 46, 76 for receiving a movable second member 24. The movable second member 24 carries a triangle cutter 22. The movable second member 24 is moved along the longitudinal axis 40 to cut bone until an appropriate index 30 on the movable second member 24 is aligned with a reference surface 28 on the first member 26. This alignment indicates that the triangular cavity formed by cutter 22 is of the appropriate size for the triangular portion 8 of the prosthesis 13 which is to be implanted.

D3256065, Apr 21, 1992

Apr 10, 1990

7/506889

Robert DeMarco - Farmingdale NY
Michael DeMarco - Woodside NY
Glen Gentile - Brooklyn NY

D21124