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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. 02, 2006
Filed:
May. 12, 2003
Applicant:
Ring-ling Chien, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ring-Ling Chien, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides novel devices for measuring internal dimensions of microscale structures. Methods in accordance with the invention use the voltage measured at a midpoint between a reference structure and a sample structure to determine the resistance of the sample structure, and to then calculate an internal dimension of the sample structure.