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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:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
May. 30, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Fujisawa, JP;
Minori Noguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Makiko Kohno, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshihiko Nakata, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250307 ; 250306 ; 2504922 ;
Abstract
An image of a specimen which is to be processed is detected by a near-field optical scanning microscope. An image with extremely high resolution for identifying a minute portion of several tens nm is detected. The detected minute portion is processed by, for example, a tunnel current of a scanning tunneling microscope.