US Patent 7948082 - Patterned carbon nanomaterials

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This patent is yet another in a series of basic patents from Nantero teaching ways to incorporate carbon nanotubes into microlithography processes. Claim 1 reads:

1. A conductive article comprising:

a plurality of inter-contacting carbon nanomaterial fibers defining a plurality of conductive pathways; and

a lithographically-patterned thin metal layer that is positioned to contact a portion of the plurality of inter-contacting carbon nanomaterial fibers.