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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. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Akira Kuriyama, Atsugi, JP;
Takeyuki Sone, Tokyo, JP;
Otto Albrecht, Atsugi, JP;
Koji Yano, Cambridge, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Kuriyama, Atsugi, JP;
Takeyuki Sone, Tokyo, JP;
Otto Albrecht, Atsugi, JP;
Koji Yano, Cambridge, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for easily making a continuous oriented structure of a polymer are provided. In making a polymer assembly, single crystals are bonded to each other, an external force, such as an electrical field or a magnetic field, is applied to the single crystals, or a solution of the polymer is applied on a substrate such that the applied solution is linear in shape.