G01Q 70/06
Probe tip arrays
G01Q70/06 (Probe tip arrays) appears on 239 US grants and 209 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01Q- Granted patents
- 239
- Published applications
- 209
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 478
- Latest grant
- 24 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 12 |
| 2003 | 12 | 8 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11 |
| 2005 | 10 | 15 |
| 2006 | 12 | 15 |
| 2007 | 13 | 18 |
| 2008 | 10 | 9 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 |
| 2014 | 9 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 | 8 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020 | 10 | 8 |
| 2021 | 14 | 13 |
| 2022 | 9 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for producing a substrate comprising multiple tips for scanning probe microscopy24 Mar 2026US 12,584,943 B2Imec Vzw
- Method, system and computer program for performing acoustic scanning probe microscopy1 Jul 2025US 12,345,737 B2Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Micro-optomechanical system and method for the production thereof22 Apr 2025US 12,282,040 B2Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- Defect detection using thermal laser stimulation and atomic force microscopy15 Apr 2025US 12,276,696 B2Intel Corporation
- Micro probe array device and manufacturing method of the device8 Oct 2024US 12,109,409 B2Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Dankook University
- Multi-probe atomic force microscopy rotator24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287611 A1Laser Thermal Analysis, Inc.
- Multi-head afm for defect inspection and review24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287612 A1Nearfield Instruments B.V.
- Mechanically mediated quantum systems9 Jul 2026US 2026/0195629 A1President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Method of calibrating a plurality of metrology devices14 May 2026US 2026/0133219 A1ICSPI Corp.
- Probe device, probe control apparatus and method24 Apr 2025US 2025/0130251 A1Parcan Nanotech Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microvibratory memory device141US 5,216,631 A1993
- Method of performing lithography using cantilever array111US 5,666,190 AThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University · 1997
- Imaging apparatus and method104US 5,047,633 AAmersham International plc · 1991
- Dynamically adjustable probe tips100US 7,022,976 B1Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · 2006
- Microvibratory memory device95US 5,307,311 A1994