This application is a divisional of Ser. No. 09/675,319 filed Sep. 29, 2000 by Kenneth S. Collins et al., herein incorporated by reference now U.S. Pat. No. 6,444,085, which is a divisional of Ser. No. 08/648,254 filed on May 13, 1996 by Kenneth S. Collins et al., herein incorporated by reference now U.S. Pat. No. 6,165,311, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/580,026 filed Dec. 20, 1995 by Kenneth S. Collins et al. pending which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/041,796 filed Apr. 1, 1993 by Kenneth S. Collins et al. now U.S. Pat. No. 5,556,501 issued Sep. 17, 1996, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/722,340 filed Jun. 27, 1991 now abandoned; and said Ser. No. 08/648,254 is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/503,467 filed Jul. 18, 1995 by Michael Rice et al. now U.S. Pat. No. 5,770,029 which is a divisional of Ser. No. 08/138,060 filed Oct. 15, 1993, U.S. Pat. No. 5,477,975 issued Dec. 26, 1995; and said Ser. No. 08/648,254 is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/597,577 filed Feb. 2, 1996 by Kenneth Collins, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,077,384 on Jun. 20, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/521,668 filed Aug. 31, 1995 (now abandoned), which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/289,336 filed Aug. 11, 1994 now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/984,045 filed Dec. 1, 1992 (now abandoned), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. In addition U.S. application Ser. No. 08/648,256 filed May 13, 1996 by Kenneth S. Collins et al. entitled “Plasma Reactor With Heated Source of a Polymer-Hardening Precursor Material” now U.S. Pat. No. 6,036,877 discloses related subject matter.
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Parent | 08/503467 | Jul 1995 | US |
Child | 08/648254 | May 1996 | US |
Parent | 08/597577 | Feb 1996 | US |
Child | 08/648254 | US | |
Parent | 08/521668 | Aug 1995 | US |
Child | 08/597577 | US | |
Parent | 08/289336 | Aug 1994 | US |
Child | 08/521668 | US |