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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:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Muramatsu, Chiba, JP;
Nobuhiro Shimizu, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73105 ;
Abstract
A probe for an atomic force microscope comprises a body having a cantilever portion and a probe portion made from a single-crystal material. The probe portion has a tip formed as a vertex of three planes including at least two crystal planes.