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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:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Yuji Tsuruoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuo Iwata, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Jindai, Yokohama, JP;
Hidehito Takayama, Chigasaki, JP;
Eiichi Motai, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuji Tsuruoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuo Iwata, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Jindai, Yokohama, JP;
Hidehito Takayama, Chigasaki, JP;
Eiichi Motai, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/12 (2006.01); B05D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An alignment unit and an alignment method for aligning needle-like structures. The alignment unit includes a substrate having a surface and grooves defined in the surface. The grooves are sized and arranged such that when the needle-like structures are received therein, the needle-like structures are aligned.