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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
May. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tom Osterheld, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sen-hou Ko, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
451527 ; 451550 ;
Abstract
A polishing pad for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus. The polishing pad includes a plurality of concentric circular grooves uniformly spaced over the polishing surface of the polishing pad.