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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:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerasimos D Danilatos, North Bondi, AU;
Assignee:
ElectroScan Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250310 ; 250306 ; 250307 ;
Abstract
The invention provides for a scanning electron microscope which detects photons produced by contact between radiation emitted from the surface of a sample and gas molecules of a gaseous medium which surrounds the sample. The invention also provides a method for microscopically imaging the surface of a sample through the use of gaseous photon detection.