Author: claimsbot

1: Impeller, made of plastics, having a closed construction form, for centrifugal pumps, particularly for use in motor vehicle cooling systems, wherein the impeller is a one part plastic part, whose width of the blade channel, in the meridian section, continuously increases from the flow entry into the impeller to the flow exit out of the impeller, in such a manner that the ratio of the exit width (b2) to the entry width (b1) lies in the range between 1.01 and 1.2.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
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1. A system for determining usage of consumer energy at a commercial establishment by a user occupying the commercial establishment and generating loyalty points to be awarded to the user and to be redeemed by the user at the commercial establishment, said system comprising;
a first device for tracking actual use of consumer energy with said first device positioned at premises of the commercial establishment to calculate amount of consumer energy used by the user as the user occupied the premises;
a second device for storing predetermined information about average use of the consumer energy including at least one of size of the premises, geographic location of the premises, number of users occupying the premises and type of consumer energy;
a third device for receiving contact information from the user as the user checks in to the commercial establishment in order to occupy the premises,
a central processing unit operably communicated with said first, second, and third devices for receiving information about said average use from said second device and comparing said average use with information about actual use of consumer energy received from said first device about said amount of consumer energy used by the user as the user occupied the premises; and
a forth device cooperable with said central processing unit for generating loyalty point in response from information provided by said central processing unit as said central processing unit identifies if said actual use matches said average use and falls below said average use and awarding said loyalty points to the user thereby allowing the user to further redeem said loyalty points at the commercial establishment thereby saving consumer energy at the commercial establishment.
2. A system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first device for tracking actual use of consumer energy positioned at premises of the commercial establishment to calculate amount of consumer energy used by the user as the user occupied the premises is further defined by a fluid usage meter and an electric energy usage meter.
3. A system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said second device is further defined by a database device including information about size of each premise, average amount of electricity and water to be used at the premises based on a season and number of the users occupying the premises.
4. A system as set forth in claim 3, including a global positioning system (GPS) cooperable with said central processing unit to allow said GPS to alert the user who earned said loyalty points about offers available to the user as the user is positioned near any other commercial establishment where said loyalty points were earned and can be redeemed and alerting the user about the offers.
5. A computer generated method for determining usage of consumer energy at a commercial establishment by a user occupying the commercial establishment and generating loyalty points to be awarded to the user and to be redeemed by the user at the commercial establishment, said method comprising the steps of;
interconnecting a first device and a second device to track actual use of consumer energy positioned at premises of the commercial establishment to calculate amount of consumer energy used by the user as the user occupied the premises and storing predetermined information about average use of the consumer energy including at least one of size of the premises, geographic location of the premises, number of users occupying the premises and type of the consumer energy;
connecting a third device to the first and second devices to receive contact information from the user as the user checks in to the commercial establishment in order to occupy the premises,
connecting a central processing unit to the first, second, and third devices to receive information about the average use from the second device to compare the average use with information about actual use of consumer energy received from the first device about the amount of consumer energy used by the user as the user occupied the premises; and
connecting a forth device to the central processing unit to generate loyalty point in response from information provided by the central processing unit as the central processing unit identifies if the actual use matches the average use and falls below the average use thereby awarding the loyalty points to the user to allow the user to further redeem the loyalty points at the commercial establishment to save consumer energy at the commercial establishment.
6. A method as set forth in claim 5, wherein interconnecting a first device and a second device to track actual use of consumer energy positioned at premises of the commercial establishment thereby calculating amount of consumer energy used by the user as the user occupied the premises and storing predetermined information about average use of consumer energy including at least one of size of the premises, geographic location of the premises, number of users occupying the premises and type of consumer energy is further defined by connecting a fluid usage meter and an electric energy usage meter to the first device.
7. A method as set forth in claim 5, wherein interconnecting a first device and a second device to track actual use of consumer energy positioned at premises of the commercial establishment thereby calculating amount of consumer energy used by the user as the user occupied the premises and storing predetermined information about average use of consumer energy including at least one of size of the premises, geographic location of the premises, number of users occupying the premises and type of consumer energy is further defined by connecting a database device including information about size of each premise, average amount of electricity and water to be used at the premises based on a season and number of the users occupying the premises.
8. A method as set forth in claim 5, including the step of connecting a global positioning system (GPS) to the central processing unit to allow the GPS to alert the user who earned the loyalty points about offers available to the user as the user is positioned near any other commercial establishment where the loyalty points were earned and can be redeemed and alerting the user about the offers.

1. A method for dicing a semiconductor wafer including a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface attached to an underlying layer of material, and the top surface comprising one or more device layers including a pattern of multiple, mutually spaced apart electronic circuit components separated by one or more streets, the method comprising:
applying a coating to the semiconductor wafer to protect the semiconductor wafer from debris generated by a first laser beam;
generating the first laser beam;
providing relative movement of the first laser beam with respect to the top surface of the semiconductor wafer to:
in a first pass of the first laser beam along one or more dicing streets, scribe the one or more device layers; and
in a second pass of the first laser beam along the one or more streets, at least partially dice the semiconductor wafer from the top surface along the one or more dicing streets, the first laser beam forming a kerf defined by sidewalls in the semiconductor wafer;

washing the semiconductor wafer to remove the coating;
etching the sidewalls of the at least partially diced semiconductor wafer to reduce or remove a heat affected zone (HAZ) produced in the sidewalls by the first laser beam; and
cutting through the underlying layer of material along the one or more dicing streets so as to separate a die from the semiconductor wafer having at least a predetermined die break strength and to produce a yield of operational die that equals at least a predetermined minimum yield,
the sidewall etching being performed before the cutting through the underlying layer of material to reduce or prevent debris on the sidewalls from the underlying layer of material during the etching of the sidewalls.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the underlying layer of material comprises a die attach film (DAF).
3. The method of clam 2, wherein cutting through the underlying layer of material comprises:
generating a second laser beam; and
providing relative movement of the second laser beam with respect to the DAF along the one or more dicing streets.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first laser beam comprises a pulsed laser beam having an ultraviolet (UV) wavelength and with temporal pulsewidths selected from the group comprising nanosecond temporal pulsewidths and picosecond temporal pulsewidths.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second laser beam comprises a pulsed laser beam having a visible wavelength and with nanosecond temporal pulsewidths.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein etching the sidewalls comprises using a first etchant configured to remove semiconductor material from the semiconductor wafer, and
wherein cutting through the underlying layer of material comprises using a second etchant configured to remove the DAF material.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first etchant comprises a spontaneous etchant.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the spontaneous etchant comprises xenon difluoride (XeF2).
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the second etchant comprises an oxide etchant.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the underlying layer of material comprises a metal.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein cutting through the underlying layer of material comprises:
generating a second laser beam; and
providing relative movement of the second laser beam with respect to the metal along the one or more dicing streets.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein etching the sidewalls comprises using a first etchant configured to remove semiconductor material from the semiconductor wafer, and
wherein cutting through the underlying layer of material comprises using a second etchant configured to remove the metal.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A composition comprising
One or more corticosteroids;
Two or more penetration enhancers; and
One or more of the group consisting of solvents and emulsifiers, wherein the penetration enhancers are present in a ratio to a total of the penetration enhancers, and solvents and emulsifiers of at least about 0.90.
2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the corticosteroid comprises a fluorinated corticosteroid.
3. The composition of claim 1 wherein the corticosteroid comprises fluocinonide.
4. The composition of claim 1 wherein the corticosteroid comprises fluocinolone acetonide.
5. The composition of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 wherein the corticosteroid is present at about 0.10%.
6. The composition of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 wherein the corticosteroid is present at least about 0.50%.
7. The composition of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 wherein the corticosteroid is present at least about 0.25%.
8. The composition of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 wherein the penetration enhancers comprise two or more of the group consisting of propylene glycol, diisopropyl adipate, dimethyl isosorbide, 1,2,6 hexanetriol, and benzyl alcohol.
9. The composition of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 wherein the penetration enhancers comprise two or more of the group consisting of propylene glycol, diisopropyl adipate and dimethyl isosorbide.
10. The composition of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 wherein one penetration enhancer comprises propylene glycol.
11. (canceled)
12. (canceled)
13. The composition of claim 1 wherein the ratio is at least about 0.95.
14. The composition of claim 1 wherein the solvents and emulsifiers comprise one or more of the group consisting of dehydrated alcohol, alcohol (95% vv)USP, 3-Cyclohexene-1-Methanol, 4-Dimethyl-a-(4-Methyl-3-Pentenyl)-, Steareth-2, Steareth-21, citric acid, CPE-215, diisopropanolamine (1:9), DIPAPG (1:9), ethoxydiglycol, Potassium hydroxide (10%), PEG-40 Stearate, PEG-7000, Polysorbate 60, potassium hydroxide (1%), propylene carbonate USP, propylethylene glycol 4, oleyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulfate, sorbitan monostearate, sorbitan stearate, and 1,2,3-Propanetriyl Ester.
15. The composition of claim 1 further comprising one or more non-solventemulsifier ingredients.
16. The composition of claim 15 wherein the non-solventemulsifier ingredients comprise one or more of the group consisting of Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG-100 Stearate, carbopol 980, cyclomethicone NF, glyceryl monostearate, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, isopropyl myristate, methyl paraben NF, mineral oil, oleic acid NF, PEG-100 Stearate, petrolatum, propyl paraben NF, purified water, stearyl alcohol, white petrolatum, and white wax.
17. The composition of claim 1 wherein the solvents and emulsifiers are present at about 4-5%.
18. The composition of claim 15 wherein the non-solventemulsifier ingredients are present at about 11% to about 53%.
19. The composition of claim 15 wherein the non-solventemulsifier ingredients are present at about 11% to about 27%.
20.-60. (canceled)
61. A composition comprising
one or more corticosteroids;
two or more penetration enhancers;
one or more solventsemulsifiers; and
one or more non-solventemulsifier ingredients, wherein the one or more non-solventemulsifier ingredients include purified water, and wherein the non-solventemulsifier ingredients are different than the one or more solventsemulsifiers, and
wherein the penetration enhancers are present in a ratio to a total of the penetration enhancers, and solventsemulsifiers of at least about 0.90.
62. The composition of claim 61 wherein the corticosteroid comprises a fluorinated corticosteroid.
63. The composition of claim 61 wherein the corticosteroid comprises fluocinonide.
64. The composition of claim 61 wherein the corticosteroid comprises fluocinolone acetonide.
65. The composition of claim 61, 62, 63 or 64 wherein the corticosteroid is present at about 0.10%.
66. The composition of claim 61, 62, 63 or 64 wherein the corticosteroid is present at least about 0.50%.
67. The composition of claim 61, 62, 63 or 64 wherein the corticosteroid is present at least about 0.25%.
68. The composition of claim 61, 62, 63 or 64 wherein the penetration enhancers comprise two or more of the group consisting of propylene glycol, diisopropyl adipate, dimethyl isosorbide, 1,2,6 hexanetriol, and benzyl alcohol.
69. The composition of claim 61, 62, 63 or 64 wherein the penetration enhancers comprise two or more of the group consisting of propylene glycol, diisopropyl adipate and dimethyl isosorbide.
70. The composition of claim 61, 62, 63 or 64 wherein one penetration enhancer comprises propylene glycol.
71. The composition of claim 61 wherein the ratio is at least about 0.95.
72. The composition of claim 61 wherein the solvents and emulsifiers comprise one or more of the group consisting of dehydrated alcohol, alcohol (95% vv)USP, 3-Cyclohexene-1-Methanol, 4-Dimethyl-a-(4-Methyl-3-Pentenyl)-, Steareth-2, Steareth-21, citric acid, CPE-215, diisopropanolamine (1:9), DIPAPG (1:9), ethoxydiglycol, Potassium hydroxide (10%), PEG-40 Stearate, PEG-7000, Polysorbate 60, potassium hydroxide (1%), propylene carbonate USP, propylethylene glycol 4, oleyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulfate, sorbitan monostearate, sorbitan stearate, and 1,2,3-Propanetriyl Ester.
73. The composition of claim 61 wherein the non-solventemulsifier ingredients comprise one or more of the group consisting of Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG-100 Stearate, carbopol 980, cyclomethicone NF, glyceryl monostearate, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, isopropyl myristate, methyl paraben NF, mineral oil, oleic acid NF, PEG-100 Stearate, petrolatum, propyl paraben NF, purified water, stearyl alcohol, white petrolatum, and white wax.
74. The composition of claim 61 wherein the solvents and emulsifiers are present at about 4-5%.
75. The composition of claim 61 wherein the non-solventemulsifier ingredients are present at about 1% to about 53%.
76. The composition of claim 61 wherein the non-solventemulsifier ingredients are present at about 1% to about 27%.