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| 2H096 | TREATMENT OF PHOTOSENSITIVE RESINS OR PHOTORESISTS | |
| G03F7/00 -7/00,506;7/06;7/07;7/12-7/14;7/26-7/42 | ||
| G03F7/00-7/00,506;7/06;7/07;7/12-7/14;7/26-7/42 | AA | AA00 PURPOSE OR USE |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 | |
| . Printing plates * | . . Relief printing or flexographic plates | . . . Composition of plate materials | . . . using liquid resins | . . Lithography or offset plates | . . . PS plates or pre-sensitised plates | . . . . Composition of plate materials | . . . Diffusion transfer lithography | . . . . Composition of plate materials | ||||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA19 | AA20 | |||||
| . . . Water-less lithography | . . . . using silicon photosensitive resins | . . . . Layered products comprising photosensitive layers and silicon-rubber layers | . . Intaglio plates or gravure plates | . . . Resin gravure plates | . . . Halftone gravure plates | . . Screen plates or stencil plates | . . . using metallic patterns | |||||
| AA22 | AA23 | AA24 | AA25 | AA26 | AA27 | AA28 | AA30 | |||||
| . Photographic images and plate-making originals | . Colour proofs | . Photomasks | . Semiconductor elements or integrated circuits | . Printed circuits or printed wiring | . Electric and electronic parts | . Optical parts | . Others * | |||||
| BA | BA00 PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA09 | BA10 | ||
| . Negative-type photosensitive resins | . . Azides | . . Diazos | . . Acetylenic low-molecular | . . Ethylenic low-molecular | . . Insolubilised polymers | . . Chromic acids | . Positive-type photosensitive resins | . . Quinonediazides | ||||
| BA11 | BA13 | BA14 | BA16 | BA17 | BA20 | |||||||
| . . Solubilised polymer | . Inorganic photosensitive materials | . . Chalcogens | . Other photosensitive materials | . . Silver halides | . Others * | |||||||
| CA | CA00 FORMATION OF PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA09 | ||||
| . Pretreatment of supports | . . using silicon compounds | . . Roughening or hydrophiling | . . Subbing layers or vapour-deposition layers | . . . Light absorptivity | . . . Light reflectivity | . . Stripping layers | ||||||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA16 | CA17 | CA18 | CA20 | |||||
| . Coating methods | . . Application | . . . Casting application | . . . Spin coating | . . Laminating | . . Vapour phase deposition plasma polymerisation or chemical vapour deposition or CVD methods | . . Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) techniques | . Others * | |||||
| DA | DA00 PROCESSING BEFORE IMAGE EXPOSURE |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA10 | ||||||
| . Baking i.e. pre-baking | . Uniform exposure i.e. pre-exposure | . Processing using gases | . Processing using processing liquids | . Others * | ||||||||
| EA | EA00 IMAGE EXPOSURE |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | |||
| . Radiation sources | . . Near ultraviolet light or visible light | . . Far ultraviolet light | . . Lasers | . . . Excimer lasers | . . Electron beams | . . X-rays | . . Ion beams | |||||
| EA11 | EA12 | EA13 | EA14 | EA15 | EA16 | EA18 | EA19 | EA20 | ||||
| . Exposure methods | . . Multiple exposures | . . . Multiple exposures combining with uniform exposure i.e. secondary exposure | . . . Image exposure with multiple types of radiation sources | . . . Double-sided exposure | . . . Exposure from the backsides | . . Inclusions between exposed originals and photosensitive materials | . . . Transparent sheets or gaps | . . . Diffusion plates | ||||
| EA21 | EA23 | EA27 | EA30 | |||||||||
| . . . Photomechanical screens | . . Drawing exposure | . . Exposure atmosphere | . Others * | |||||||||
| FA | FA00 PROCESSING UNDERTAKEN AFTER IMAGE EXPOSURE AND BEFORE DEVELOPMENT |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA10 | |||||
| . Baking | . Uniform exposure | . Environment or atmosphere | . Processing using gas | . Processing using processing liquids | . Others * | |||||||
| GA | GA00 DEVELOPMENT |
GA01 | GA02 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA06 | GA08 | GA09 | GA10 | ||
| . Liquid development | . . Developing solutions | . . . Organic solvent developing solutions | . . . . Combinations of solvents | . . . . Additives | . . . . specifying physical property values * | . . . Aqueous developing solutions | . . . . Alkaline agents | . . . . Additives | ||||
| GA11 | GA12 | GA13 | GA15 | GA17 | GA18 | GA20 | ||||||
| . . . . . Surfactants | . . . . . Chelating agents | . . . . specifying parameters of physical property values * | . . . Colour formation or discolouration using developing solutions | . . Rinsing or washing with water | . . . Rinsing liquids | . . Drying | ||||||
| GA21 | GA22 | GA23 | GA24 | GA25 | GA26 | GA27 | GA29 | GA30 | ||||
| . Liquid-development apparatus | . . Immersion-type development apparatus | . . . Supply of developing solution | . . . Conveying sensitive materials | . . . Developing tanks | . . . . Injection or spraying of developing solutions | . . . . Rotating brushes | . . Spin development apparatus | . . . Supply of developing solution | ||||
| GA31 | GA32 | GA33 | GA36 | GA37 | GA38 | GA39 | GA40 | |||||
| . . . Developing solution spray nozzles | . . . Rotary chucks | . . . Developing chambers | . Dry development | . . Plasma development | . . . Types of plasma * | . . . Means used in combination with plasma * | . . . Plasma-development apparatus | |||||
| GA43 | GA45 | GA46 | GA48 | GA50 | ||||||||
| . . Removal by heating | . . Direct removal by exposure | . . . using excimer lasers | . . Powder i.e. toner development | . . Stripping development | ||||||||
| GA52 | GA54 | GA55 | GA60 | |||||||||
| . . Colour formation by heating | . . Colour formation or discolouration by transferring | . . . using microcapsules | . Others * | |||||||||
| GB | GB00 BAKING APPARATUS |
GB01 | GB02 | GB03 | GB04 | GB05 | GB07 | GB08 | GB10 | |||
| . Heating means | . . Infrared rays | . . Heaters or heating plates | . . Microwaves | . . Heated gases | . Conveying means | . . Belt conveyers | . Others * | |||||
| HA | HA00 PROCESSING AFTER DEVELOPMENT |
HA01 | HA02 | HA03 | HA05 | HA07 | HA09 | HA10 | ||||
| . Baking post-baking or burning | . Processing using processing liquids or fat desensitising | . Uniform exposure i.e. post-exposure | . Image correction | . Image transfer | . Colouring or dyeing | . . Colouring or dyeing of other than resin images | ||||||
| HA11 | HA12 | HA13 | HA14 | HA15 | HA17 | HA18 | HA19 | HA20 | ||||
| . Etching | . . Objects to be etched | . . . Metals | . . . Non-metals metal oxides or inorganic compounds | . . . Polymer compounds or organic compounds | . . Wet etching | . . . Etching liquids | . . . Wet etching apparatus | . . . . Supply of etching liquids | ||||
| HA21 | HA23 | HA24 | HA25 | HA27 | HA28 | HA30 | ||||||
| . . . . Holding or turning objects to be etched | . . Dry etching | . . . Composition of the etching gas * | . . . Means used in combination with etching * | . Plating or vapour deposition | . . Lift-off techniques | . Others * | ||||||
| JA | JA00 PROCESSING STEP |
JA01 | JA02 | JA03 | JA04 | JA06 | JA07 | JA08 | JA10 | |||
| . Combination of steps * | . . Steps up to the point of image exposure * | . . Steps following image exposure before development * | . . Steps after development * | . Inversion between or combined use of negatives and positives | . . changed by exposure | . . changed by development | . Others * | |||||
| KA | KA00 MULTI-LAYER RESIST METHOD |
KA01 | KA02 | KA03 | KA04 | KA05 | KA06 | KA07 | KA08 | KA09 | KA10 | |
| . Types of photosensitive layers * | . . Two-layer resist films * | . . . Lower layers being positives * | . . . Lower layers being negatives * | . . . Upper layers being negatives * | . . . Upper layers being positives * | . . Resist films of three or more layers * | . . Intermediate films other than resists between upper and lower layers * | . . Lower resist layers being exposed | . . Multiple layers consisting of the same resist * | |||
| KA11 | KA12 | KA13 | KA14 | KA15 | KA16 | KA17 | KA18 | KA19 | ||||
| . Processing methods * | . . Coating or baking | . . Exposure | . . Development | . . . of upper resist layers | . . . of lower resist layers | . . Etching of resist films | . . . Dry etching | . . . Etching of lower layers | ||||
| KA21 | KA22 | KA23 | KA25 | KA27 | KA30 | |||||||
| . . Resistance to dry etching | . . Flattening uneven surfaces | . . Lower layer exposure by means of upper resist layer masks | . . Cross-sectional shapes or overhang shapes | . . Contrast enhancement | . Others * | |||||||
| LA | LA00 AUXILIARY PROCESSING |
LA01 | LA02 | LA03 | LA06 | LA07 | LA08 | LA09 | ||||
| . Removal or stripping of used image layers | . . Wet removal or stripping | . . . Stripping liquids | . . Dry removal or stripping | . . . using plasma | . . . . Types of plasma * | . . . . Means used in combination with plasma * | ||||||
| LA11 | LA12 | LA13 | LA16 | LA17 | LA18 | LA19 | ||||||
| . Removal or stripping of supports or protective layers | . . Mechanical stripping or removal | . . Dissolving off with processing liquids | . Measurement or evaluation of characteristics * | . . of photosensitive resins or photoresists | . . of processing liquids | . . . of developing solutions | ||||||
| LA21 | LA22 | LA25 | LA30 | |||||||||
| . Preservation of photoresists | . . Packaging or containers | . Processing of waste-processing solutions | . Others * |