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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Fei Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Krishna Kanth Neelisetty, Brno, CZ;
Milos Trenz, Brno, CZ;
Jindrich Vondruska, Brno, CZ;
Jakub Stetina, Brno, CZ;
Assignee:
FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/185 (2013.01);
Abstract
Air sensitive sample may be transferred between charged particle instruments or between charged particle instrument and a glove box using a sample transfer system. The sample transfer system includes a transfer shuttle for receiving a sample carrier and a transfer rod detachable coupled to the transfer shuttle. The transfer rod moves the sample carrier into or out of the transfer shuttle.