G01Q 80/00
Applications, other than spm, of scanning-probe techniques
Official title: Applications, other than SPM, of scanning-probe techniques (manufacture or treatment of nanostructures B82B3/00; recording or reproducing information using near-field interaction G11B9/12, G11B11/24, G11B13/08)
G01Q80/00 (Applications, other than spm, of scanning-probe techniques) appears on 487 US grants and 398 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01Q- Granted patents
- 487
- Published applications
- 398
- Assignees
- 210
- Inventors
- 970
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 3 |
| 2002 | 10 | 14 |
| 2003 | 11 | 15 |
| 2004 | 11 | 21 |
| 2005 | 10 | 36 |
| 2006 | 26 | 43 |
| 2007 | 29 | 36 |
| 2008 | 30 | 35 |
| 2009 | 24 | 31 |
| 2010 | 23 | 28 |
| 2011 | 30 | 13 |
| 2012 | 21 | 9 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 |
| 2017 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 7 | 8 |
| 2019 | 9 | 12 |
| 2020 | 8 | 7 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of removing and collecting particles from photomask and device for removing and collecting particles therefrom6 Oct 2026US 12,754,208 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Controlled creation of sub-50 nm defects in 2D materials at low temperature19 May 2026US 12,631,666 B2University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for processing a sample14 Apr 2026US 12,601,968 B2Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Methods of producing single photon emitters on substrates, and devices, and chips10 Mar 2026US 12,575,225 B2Purdue Research Foundation
- Artificial intelligence driven automated atomic manipulation12 Aug 2025US 12,387,313 B2Uchicago Argonne, LLC
- Method and apparatus for processing a sample9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194807 A1Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Mechanically mediated quantum systems9 Jul 2026US 2026/0195629 A1President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Debris removal from high aspect structures7 May 2026US 2026/0124648 A1Bruker Nano, Inc.
- Methods of producing single photon emitters on substrates, and devices, and chips7 May 2026US 2026/0130011 A1Purdue Research Foundation
- Method for forming micro-pattern on surface of product, and product having micro-pattern formed thereon by applying method18 Sep 2025US 2025/0289258 A1Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research & Business Foundation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical recording system employing a solid immersion lens193US 5,125,750 AThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · 1992
- Free-form fabricaton using multi-photon excitation185US 6,316,153 B1University of Connecticut · 2001
- Machining oxide thin-films with an atomic force microscope: pattern and object formation on the nanometer scale169US 5,252,835 APresident and Trustees of Harvard College · 1993
- Microvibratory memory device141US 5,216,631 A1993
- Integrated scanning tunneling microscope137US 4,906,840 AThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University · 1990