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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Fei Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Michael James Owen, Geebung, AU;
Michael Buhot, Brisbane, AU;
Assignee:
FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/225 (2006.01); H01J 37/28 (2006.01); H01J 37/256 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/2252 (2013.01); H01J 37/256 (2013.01); H01J 37/28 (2013.01); G01N 2223/418 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2442 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24425 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2804 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2807 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a combination of two existing approaches for mineral analysis and makes use of the Similarity Metric Invention, that allows mineral definitions to be described in theoretical compositional terms, meaning that users are not required to find examples of each mineral, or adjust rules. This system allows untrained operators to use it, as opposed to previous systems, which required extensive training and expertise.