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Patent US7929110 - Environmental system including a transport region for an immersion ... - Google Patents
A lithographic projection apparatus that is arranged to project a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate using a projection system has a liquid supply system arranged to supply a liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate. The apparatus also includes a liquid collecting...http://www.google.com/patents/US7929110?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7929110 - Environmental system including a transport region for an immersion lithography apparatus
Publication number US7929110 B2
Application number US 11/819,446
Also published as CN101813892A, CN101813892B, EP1611486A2, EP1611486A4, EP1611486B1, EP3062152A1, US7251017, US7345742, US7929111, US7965376, US7969552, US8830443, US9244363, US9632427, US20060023182, US20070139631, US20070252961, US20070252962, US20070258062, US20080030704, US20110235007, US20140354967, US20160085160, US20170219940, WO2004092833A2, WO2004092833A3
Publication number 11819446, 819446, US 7929110 B2, US 7929110B2, US-B2-7929110, US7929110 B2, US7929110B2
Inventors W. Thomas Novak, Andrew J. Hazelton, Douglas C. Watson
Patent Citations (244), Non-Patent Citations (93), Referenced by (4), Classifications (10), Legal Events (1)
US 7929110 B2
JPH11260791A * Title not available
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International Classification G03B27/42, G03F, G03F7/20
Cooperative Classification G03F7/70341, G03F7/70866, G03F7/7095