G01Q 60/10
Stm [scanning tunnelling microscopy] or apparatus therefor
Official title: STM [Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy] or apparatus therefor, e.g. STM probes
G01Q60/10 (Stm [scanning tunnelling microscopy] or apparatus therefor) appears on 304 US grants and 135 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01Q- Granted patents
- 304
- Published applications
- 135
- Assignees
- 147
- Inventors
- 584
- Latest grant
- 16 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 20 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 6 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 7 | 8 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020 | 7 | 5 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- MEMS nanopositioner and method of fabrication16 Jun 2026US 12,658,825 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Method for autonomously applying a dangling bond pattern to a substrate30 Dec 2025US 12,511,728 B2Quantum Silicon Inc.
- Damping base for modular scanning probe microscope head15 Jul 2025US 12,360,136 B2Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Systems and methods for automated tip conditioning for scanning tunneling spectroscopy1 Jul 2025US 12,345,736 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Method of examining a sample in a scanning tunneling microscope using tip-to-sample distance variations18 Mar 2025US 12,253,538 B2Ceske Vysoke Uceni Technicke V Praze
- A probing device comprising a heat transfer arrangement, a method of manufacturing a probing device, and a method for probing a sample30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219296 A1Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
- Sample Holder and Measurement Method for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211000 A1National Taiwan University
- Cryo-Compatible Sample Holder for In-Situ Microscopy and Sample Characterization21 May 2026US 2026/0140138 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ultra-precision electron density controller23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110708 A1Postech Research and Business Development Foundation
- Scanning probe systems and feedback control methods based on derivative tunneling signal regulation16 Oct 2025US 2025/0321245 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Most cited
By later US patents
- Scanning tunneling microscope200US 4,343,993 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1982
- Method and apparatus for determining the sequence of polynucleotides157US 5,601,982 A1997
- Integrated scanning tunneling microscope137US 4,906,840 AThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University · 1990
- Carbon nanotube device, manufacturing method of carbon nanotube device, and electron emitting device135US 6,628,053 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2003
- Jumping probe microscope123US 5,266,801 ADigital Instruments, Inc. · 1993