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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. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Stringer, Longmont, CO (US);
Charles E. Bronnimann, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Varian, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
An NMR probe, lacking electrical balance in respect of the RF coil thereof, includes a conducting shield of axial extent greater than &lgr;/4 from the ground plane closure of said shield of the probe (&lgr; being the highest resonant frequency of interest), the components of the probe other than the coil being confined to the axial region less than &lgr;/4 from the ground plane and spaced apart from the shield.