G01Q 30/16
Vacuum environment
G01Q30/16 (Vacuum environment) appears on 20 US grants and 17 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01Q- Granted patents
- 20
- Published applications
- 17
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 74
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Frozen solution sample preparation device applicable to ultra-high vacuum system30 Jun 2026US 12,669,418 B2Peking University
- Surface analysis device5 Aug 2025US 12,379,392 B2Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Damping base for modular scanning probe microscope head15 Jul 2025US 12,360,136 B2Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Conductive atomic force microscopy system with enhanced sensitivity and methods of using such a system16 Nov 2021US 11,175,307 B1GLOBALFOUNDRIES U. S. Inc.
- Apparatus and method for generating three-dimensional image of polymer solute substance which exists in liquid solvent11 Aug 2020US 10,740,948 B2Hanbat National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
- Sample Holder and Measurement Method for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211000 A1National Taiwan University
- Kits, systems, and methods for transferring samples between vacuum instruments21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264498 A1Yale University
- Frozen solution sample preparation device applicable to ultra-high vacuum system10 Jul 2025US 2025/0224316 A1Peking University
- Surface Analysis Device21 Sep 2023US 2023/0296644 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Damping base for modular scanning probe microscope head8 Jun 2023US 2023/0176088 A1Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Most cited
By later US patents
- Scanning tunneling microscope200US 4,343,993 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1982
- Magnetic force microscope61US 6,504,365 B2JEOL Ltd. · 2003
- System for analyzing surfaces of samples47US 5,619,035 ABiotechnology Research and Development Corporation · 1997
- System for analyzing surfaces of samples43US 5,504,366 ABiotechnology Research and Development Corporation · 1996
- Small cavity analytical instruments41US 5,559,328 ABiotechnology Research and Development Corporation · 1996