Patent 7700064 was granted and assigned to Teijin on April, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A carbon fiber having a total content of Li, Na, Ti, Mn, Fe, Ni and Co metal elements of no more than 50 ppm and a fiber diameter of 0.001 to 2 μm and not branched and a assembly of a plurality of the carbon fibers.