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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. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
Applicants:
Thomas T Perkins, Boulder, CO (US);
Gavin M King, Columbia, MO (US);
Ashley R Carter, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas T Perkins, Boulder, CO (US);
Gavin M King, Columbia, MO (US);
Ashley R Carter, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 20/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of rapidly and repeatably bringing sharp objects into close proximity to a particular region of interest of a sample with high precision and accuracy in two or three dimensions using a laser guided tip approach with three dimensional registration to the surface.