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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:
Apr. 16, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terrence J Jach, Washington, DC (US);
Jon C Geist, Olney, MD (US);
Gary P Carver, Ijamsville, MD (US);
Donald B Novotny, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 70 ; 378 84 ; 378207 ; 25039009 ;
Abstract
A periodic scattering array is used to diffract electromagnetic radiation or massive particles of specific wavelength and energy. A detector sutiable to the radiation or particles is integrated into the surface or bulk of the array. The detector is configured so as to not perturb the diffraction resolution of the array.