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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takayuki Izumi, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiko Okajima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D / ; C25B / ; C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2042 / ; 204275 ; 204284 ;
Abstract
An electroplating apparatus is made up of a cup having a plating solution therein, a plating solution controlling unit which overflows the plating solution from the cup, a holding unit which holds an object to be plated so as to contact to the overflowed plating solution, and a mesh shaped anode electrode provided in an internal portion of the cup, the mesh shaped anode electrode having a surface comprising a metal which are plated by the plating solution. Accordingly, the electroplating apparatus can get the plated film having a smooth surface.