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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. 19, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuhiro Matsuyama, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250306 ; 73105 ;
Abstract
A cantilever chip comprises a support section having a support face and an attachment face opposed to the support face, a cantilever supported on the support face of the support section, and a probe provided on a free-end portion of the cantilever. The width of the support face of the support section is less than the width of the attachment face such that a pointed end portion of the probe may scan a desired portion of a sample without influence due to the shape of a surface of the sample. First and second inclined faces extending in the longitudinal direction of the cantilever are formed between the support face and the attachment face.