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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:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joachim Walter Ahner, Livermore, CA (US);
David M. Tung, Livermore, CA (US);
Samuel Kah Hean Wong, Johor Bahru, MY;
Henry Luis Lott, Fremont, CA (US);
Stephen Keith McLaurin, Livermore, CA (US);
Maissarath Nassirou, Fremont, CA (US);
Florin Zavaliche, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/88 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0636 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is an apparatus, including a reflective surface configured to reflect photons onto a surface of an article, a stage configured to support the article, and an assembly. The assembly is configured to radiate photons through the article to the reflective surface. The assembly is further configured to image the article with irradiance of the photons.