G01Q
Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus
Official title: Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g. scanning probe microscopy [spm]
G01Q (Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus) appears on 3,752 US grants and 3,087 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01Q- Granted patents
- 3,752
- Published applications
- 3,087
- Assignees
- 1,195
- Inventors
- 6,036
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 27 | 0 |
| 1991 | 48 | 0 |
| 1992 | 52 | 0 |
| 1993 | 78 | 0 |
| 1994 | 93 | 0 |
| 1995 | 81 | 0 |
| 1996 | 83 | 0 |
| 1997 | 88 | 0 |
| 1998 | 98 | 0 |
| 1999 | 119 | 0 |
| 2000 | 82 | 0 |
| 2001 | 106 | 31 |
| 2002 | 100 | 115 |
| 2003 | 109 | 117 |
| 2004 | 122 | 129 |
| 2005 | 98 | 157 |
| 2006 | 139 | 190 |
| 2007 | 121 | 179 |
| 2008 | 145 | 186 |
| 2009 | 135 | 162 |
| 2010 | 132 | 178 |
| 2011 | 139 | 138 |
| 2012 | 128 | 109 |
| 2013 | 146 | 109 |
| 2014 | 146 | 107 |
| 2015 | 98 | 143 |
| 2016 | 110 | 103 |
| 2017 | 100 | 101 |
| 2018 | 110 | 124 |
| 2019 | 107 | 125 |
| 2020 | 125 | 96 |
| 2021 | 106 | 113 |
| 2022 | 83 | 98 |
| 2023 | 103 | 76 |
| 2024 | 57 | 83 |
| 2025 | 59 | 68 |
| 2026 | 42 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- G01Q 60/00Particular types of spm [scanning probe microscopy] or microscopes2,234
- G01Q 70/00General aspects of spm probes, their manufacture or their related instrumentation, insofar966
- G01Q 30/00Auxiliary means serving to assist or improve the scanning probe techniques or930
- G01Q 10/00Scanning or positioning arrangements, i.e. arrangements for actively controlling the movement or890
- G01Q 20/00Monitoring the movement or position of the probe641
- G01Q 80/00Applications, other than spm, of scanning-probe techniques487
- G01Q 40/00Calibration183
- G01Q 90/00Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus not otherwise provided for9
Recent patents
- Decoupled optical force nanoscopy6 Oct 2026US 12,754,207 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
- Method of removing and collecting particles from photomask and device for removing and collecting particles therefrom6 Oct 2026US 12,754,208 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Microscopy imaging29 Sep 2026US 12,748,128 B2Alentic Microscience Inc.
- In situ mechanical characterization of a sample strain29 Sep 2026US 12,748,129 B2NUtech Ventures
- Method of removing defect of mask15 Sep 2026US 12,736,870 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Method of and system for processing threedimensional measurement data from a scanning probe microscopy system, as well as computer program product8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309744 A1Nearfield Instruments B.V.
- Holding Device and Method for Probe Microscopy and Optical Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309745 A1Bruker Nano, Inc.
- Method for obtaining characteristics of surface to be measured, by using inclined tip, atomic force microscope for performing method, and computer program stored in storage medium in order to perform method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309746 A1Park Systems Corp.
- Method for evaluating corrosion resistance of aluminum sheet1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298799 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Afm device and method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298972 A1Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
Most cited
By later US patents
- Force sensing probe for scanning probe microscopy602US 6,121,611 AArizona Board of Regents · 2000
- Zero-mode clad waveguides for performing spectroscopy with confined effective observation volumes483US 6,917,726 B2Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 2005
- Carbon nanotube devices268US 6,528,020 B1The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · 2003
- Superresolution imaging fiber for subwavelength light energy generation and near-field optical microscopy253US 5,633,972 ATrustees of Tufts College · 1997
- Near-field scanning optical microscope using a fluorescent probe244US 5,105,305 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1992