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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. 04, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 5/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 5/353 ;
Abstract
A polishing apparatus comprise a lower surface plate rotatably provided and having a polishing surface for polishing an object, and an upper surface plate for pressing the object against the lower surface plate, wherein the polishing surface can be dressed by a dresser comprising a dressing member approachable to and separable from the polishing surface, the dressing member having a dressing surface to be brought into contact with the polishing surface, the dressing surface being shaped as a hollow oval.