Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Step and repeat
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-16
2008-08-05
Nguyen, Hung Henry (Department: 2851)
Photocopying
Projection printing and copying cameras
Step and repeat
C355S030000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07408620
ABSTRACT:
An exposure apparatus includes a illumination optical system for illuminating a reticle with light from a light source, and a projection optical system for projecting a pattern of the reticle onto an object, said projection optical system includes a lens closest to the object, wherein a surface on the object side of the lens is smaller than an effective area of a surface on the reticle side of the lens, and wherein said exposure apparatus exposes the object via a liquid that is filled in a space between the lens and the object.
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English translation of WO9949504, dated Nov. 13, 2007.
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Morgan & Finnegan , LLP
Nguyen Hung Henry
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