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Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

Digital Instruments

USPTO Granted Patents = 40

Trademarks = 3

Forward Citations = 1,760

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25 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Virgil B Elings (37 out of 51 patents)

John A Gurley (25 out of 25 patents)

David A Grigg (5 out of 11 patents)

4. Craig B Prater (5 out of 6 patents)

5. James Massie (4 out of 13 patents)

6. Paul K Hansma (4 out of 29 patents)

7. Barney Drake (4 out of 10 patents)

8. Peter Maivald (3 out of 3 patents)

9. Charles R Meyer (2 out of 4 patents)

10. Dror Sarid (2 out of 3 patents)

11. Kevin Kjoller (1 out of 33 patents)

12. Allen J Bard (1 out of 47 patents)

13. Jason Paul Cleveland (1 out of 53 patents)

14. Fu-Ren F Fan (1 out of 10 patents)

15. Boris Anczykowski (1 out of 2 patents)

Core Competencies:

Scanning Probe Microscopes

Atomic Force Microscopes

Feedback Control

Energy Dissipation Measurement

Mechanical Properties Measurement

Vertical Metrology

Drift Compensation

Tapping Mode Microscopy

Cantilever Tracking

Compact Microscopes

Automatic Probe Exchange

Electrochemical Microscopy

40 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. RE37203 - Feedback control for scanning tunnel microscopes (2001-06-05),

2. 6038916 - Method and apparatus for measuring energy dissipation by a probe during (2000-03-21),

3. 6032518 - Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and (2000-03-07),

4. 6008489 - Method for improving the operation of oscillating mode atomic force (1999-12-28),

5. 5898106 - Method and apparatus for obtaining improved vertical metrology (1999-04-27),

6. 5866807 - Method and apparatus for measuring mechanical properties on a small scale (1999-02-02),

7. 5714682 - Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and (1998-02-03),

8. 5705814 - Scanning probe microscope having automatic probe exchange and alignment (1998-01-06),

9. 5560244 - Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and (1996-10-01),

10. 5557156 - Scan control for scanning probe microscopes (1996-09-17),

11. 5553487 - Methods of operating atomic force microscopes to measure friction (1996-09-10),

12. 5519212 - Tapping atomic force microscope with phase or frequency detection (1996-05-21),

13. 5463897 - Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and (1995-11-07),

14. 5418363 - Scanning probe microscope using stored data for vertical probe (1995-05-23),

15. 5415027 - Jumping probe microscope (1995-05-16),

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Sep 15 2026

40 Patents

#12 in Santa Barbara, CA

#2,029 in California

#8,603 in US

#17,008 in the World

Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

Digital Instruments

Forward Citations = 1,760

25 inventors:

Virgil B Elings (37 out of 51 patents)

John A Gurley (25 out of 25 patents)

David A Grigg (5 out of 11 patents)

4. Craig B Prater (5 out of 6 patents)

5. James Massie (4 out of 13 patents)

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