G21K 7/00
Gamma- or x-ray microscopes
Official title: Gamma- or X-ray microscopes
G21K7/00 (Gamma- or x-ray microscopes) appears on 216 US grants and 184 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21K- Granted patents
- 216
- Published applications
- 184
- Assignees
- 118
- Inventors
- 491
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 |
| 2008 | 9 | 3 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11 |
| 2015 | 7 | 8 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 9 | 12 |
| 2018 | 13 | 15 |
| 2019 | 11 | 5 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10 |
| 2023 | 10 | 12 |
| 2024 | 14 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Imaging optical arrangement to image an object illuminated by X-rays12 May 2026US 12,625,090 B2Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Imaging device and image generation method11 Nov 2025US 12,469,615 B2Kioxia Corporation
- System and method for generating a focused x-ray beam30 Sep 2025US 12,431,256 B2Sigray, Inc.
- Specimen radiography system comprising a cabinet and a specimen drawer positionable by a controller in the cabinet22 Jul 2025US 12,364,443 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Inspection apparatus and inspection method10 Jun 2025US 12,326,407 B2ASML Netherlands B. V.
- Scintillator defect correction in x-ray microscopy20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243709 A1
- Radiation beam scanning optical system and inspection apparatus6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227348 A1Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Guidance for geometrical and optical magnification in x-ray microscope23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211544 A1
- Method and system for guidance for geometrical and optical magnification in x-ray microscope23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213036 A1
- Compact phase and darkfield laboratory X-ray imaging system and method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177796 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- X-ray generator150US 6,282,263 B1Bede Scientific Instruments Limited · 2001
- Super-resolution microscope system and method for illumination94US 6,667,830 B1Japan Science and Technology Corporation · 2003
- System and method for quantitative reconstruction of Zernike phase-contrast images78US 7,787,588 B1Xradia, Inc. · 2010
- High speed x-ray inspection microscope77US 9,129,715 B2SVXR, Inc. · 2015
- Optimized x-ray energy for high resolution imaging of integrated circuits structures71US 7,394,890 B1Xradia, Inc. · 2008