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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. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Uri Banin, Mevasseret Zion, IL;
Taleb Mokari, Jerusalem, IL;
Yuval Ebenstein, Yavne, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides probes functionalized with nanoparticles, methods for binding nanoparticles to the probes and the use of such probes in nanometer scale imaging techniques. More specifically, the present invention provides a tip device having at least a portion thereof with an outer surface bound to at least one sub-layer of a material comprising nanoparticles, the nanoparticles acting as donors, acceptors, modifiers, quenchers and/or enhancers with respect to electromagnetic radiation.