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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:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2003
Applicants:
Takayuki Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Miyake, Tochigi, JP;
Nobuaki Ogushi, Tochigi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N005/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A differential pumping system includes a first chamber for storing a light source that emits light, a second chamber that receives light from the first chamber, and a vacuum pump, provided between the first and second chambers, which includes a hollow shaft through which the light passes, and exhausts the hollow shaft.