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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. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Molecular Imaging Corporation Arizona Board of Regents, Tempe, AZ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73105 ;
Abstract
A force sensing cantilever for use in a scanning probe microscope has both a top side and a bottom side. From the bottom side extends a probe tip. The bottom side is coated with a thin film of a first material and the top side is coated with a thin film of a second material. The first and second materials may be the same or they may be different. The materials and thicknesses of the respective films are selected so as to create opposing forces to counter the tendency of such cantilevers to bend when a thin film is applied to only one side thereof.