Patents by Inventor Ikutarou Noji

Ikutarou Noji has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Polishing apparatus
    Publication number: 20070004324
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a polishing object holding mechanism for holding an object to be polished, and a table having a polishing surface. The polishing object held by the polishing object holding mechanism is pressed against the polishing surface of the table and polished by relative movement between the polishing object held by the holding mechanism and the polishing surface of the table. An elastic sheet 11 is stretched over the upper surface of the table, and a polishing pad 16 having a polishing surface on the upper side thereof is replaceably stretched over the elastic sheet 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Masayoshi Hirose, Hozumi Yasuda, Kazuto Hirokawa, Ikutarou Noji