Patent 7288300 was granted and assigned to Intel on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A pellicle made of a polymer material contains fullerenes within the polymer material to reduce the damaging effects of radiation that is transmitted through the pellicle during an exposure operation. The fullerenes may comprise nanotubes and/or buckyballs. The buckyballs may also enclose molecules of a gas that further reduce the damaging effects of the radiation on the polymer material.