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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eijiro Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
451 41 ; 41 36 ; 41262 ;
Abstract
A method of polishing which includes rotatably supporting a workpiece, positioning polishing plates in such a manner that flat surfaces of the polishing plates oppose one another and are in contact with a surface of the workpiece, and polishing the workpiece by rotating the workpiece around a central axis thereof by use of a workpiece rotator. The method also includes reciprocating the polishing plates on the surface of the workpiece in a radial direction of the workpiece while pressing the workpiece between the flat surfaces of the polishing plates.