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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:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03D / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396611 ; 414416 ; 414937 ; 414938 ;
Abstract
An in-line processing system having an exposure processing unit and a coating and development processing unit is provided with a conveyance arm for transferring a workpiece between these units. The conveyance arm can access to each of these units, and these units have horizontal workpiece holding planes of substantially the same level. The workpiece can be conveyed between these units while being kept laid horizontally.