| CPC B24B 37/22 (2013.01) [B24B 37/24 (2013.01); B24D 3/00 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |

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1. A polishing pad for chemical mechanical polishing comprising:
a polishing layer that comprises a polymer matrix that is the reaction product of an isocyanate terminated prepolymer with a curative, wherein the polymer matrix has hard segments and soft segments wherein multi-lobed polymeric elements formed from pre-expanded polymeric microspheres are present in the polymer matrix and wherein the multi-lobed polymeric elements are deflated residues of the pre-expanded polymeric microspheres and wherein the polishing layer further comprises pores formed by a portion of the pre-expanded polymeric microspheres that retain a shape that is substantially spherical or ellipsoid and 0.1 to 20 percent of the pre-expanded polymeric microspheres form the multi-lobed polymeric elements.
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