G01Q 60/12
Sts [scanning tunnelling spectroscopy]
Official title: STS [Scanning Tunnelling Spectroscopy]
G01Q60/12 (Sts [scanning tunnelling spectroscopy]) appears on 45 US grants and 29 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01Q- Granted patents
- 45
- Published applications
- 29
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 88
- Latest grant
- 1 Jul 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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
- Optical output system, measurement system, optical pump-probe scanning tunneling microscope system, computing device, program, and computing method11 Feb 2025US 12,222,365 B2Gtheranostics Co., Ltd.
- Quantum dot microscope apparatus comprising a nanoscale semiconductor on the tip of a fiber, a tunneling electrical lead and a capacitive electrical lead on the fiber4 Jul 2023US 11,693,024 B2Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
- Scanning probe microscope3 May 2022US 11,320,456 B2Gtheranostics Co., Ltd.
- Sample Holder and Measurement Method for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211000 A1National Taiwan University
- A method of examining a sample in a scanning tunneling microscope using tip-to-tip sample distance variations8 Aug 2024US 2024/0264198 A1Ceske Vysoke Uceni Technicke V Praze
- Systems and methods for automated tip conditioning for scanning tunneling spectroscopy22 Jun 2023US 2023/0194566 A1The Regents of the University of California
- Quantum Dot Microscope Apparatus21 Apr 2022US 2022/0120784 A1Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
- Optical output system, measurement system, optical pump-probe scanning tunneling microscope system, computing device, program, and computing method27 Jan 2022US 2022/0026462 A1Gtheranostics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Scanning probe microscope having cantilever and detecting sample characteristics by means of reflected sample examination light93US 5,289,004 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Absorption microscopy and/or spectroscopy with scanning tunneling microscopy control49US 4,941,753 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1990
- 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