G01Q 60/16
Probes, their manufacture, or their related instrumentation
Official title: Probes, their manufacture, or their related instrumentation, e.g. holders
G01Q60/16 (Probes, their manufacture, or their related instrumentation) appears on 232 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01Q- Granted patents
- 232
- Published applications
- 78
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 426
- 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 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 |
| 2006 | 6 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- MEMS nanopositioner and method of fabrication16 Jun 2026US 12,658,825 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- 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
- Active noise isolation for tunneling applications (ANITA)7 Jan 2025US 12,188,960 B2The Penn State Research Foundation
- Rugged, single crystal wide-band-gap-material scanning-tunneling-microscopy/lithography tips3 Sep 2024US 12,078,654 B2
- 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
- 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
- Probes, apparatuses and methods for use in scanning probe microscopy26 Jun 2025US 2025/0208163 A1Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
- Rugged, single crystal wide-band-gap-material scanning-tunneling-microscopy/lithography tips5 Dec 2024US 2024/0402216 A1UNM Rainforest Innovations
- MEMS Nanopositioner and Method of Fabrication22 Aug 2024US 2024/0283378 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