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| 20080315092 | Scanning probe microscopy inspection and modification system - A scanning probe microscopy (SPM) inspection and/or modification system which uses SPM technology and techniques. The system includes various types of microstructured SPM probes for inspection and/or modification of the object. The components of the SPM system include microstructured calibration structures. A probe may be defective because of wear or because of fabrication errors. Various types of reference measurements of the calibration structure are made with the probe or vice versa to calibrate it. The components of the SPM system further include one or more tip machining structures. At these structures, material of the tips of the SPM probes may be machined by abrasively lapping and chemically lapping the material of the tip with the tip machining structures. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090071055 | Firearm with multiple targeting laser diodes - All or some of the component parts of a firearm are made of synthetic diamond materials. Some firearms include a specially designed trigger capable of verifying a user's identity so that only an authorized user can discharge the firearm. Some firearms include a diamond barrel designed to impart a unique pattern of grooves to any bullet leaving the barrel, thereby facilitating reliable identification of the firearm that fired a particular bullet. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090324450 | Nanometer Scale Instrument for Biochemically, Chemically, or Catalytically Interacting with a Sample Material - An instrument includes a probe having a porous tip, a tip positioning apparatus to position the tip with respect to a sample material, a probe positioning apparatus to position the probe and sample material with respect to each other, and a controller. The controller controls the probe positioning apparatus in positioning the probe over the sample and controls the tip positioning apparatus in lowering the tip into the sample material to produce an interaction between the porous tip and the sample material. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100031405 | Tool Tips with Scanning Probe Microscopy and/or Atomic Force Microscopy Applications - A micro-object is affixed to a mounting structure at a desired relative orientation. The micro-object may be a tool tip optimized to work with particular microscope objectives permitting the tip to be imaged along with the object surface and used to make measurements or modifications through a travel range along the microscope imaging axis equal to or nearly equal to the working distance of the given objective. The tool tip may have a lengths exceeding 80 microns, say up to several millimeters; even the longest tips can have widths of tens of microns. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100132076 | Fluid Delivery for Scanning Probe Microscopy - The following invention pertains to the introduction of a gas (or fluid) around a SPM probe or nanotool™ to control chemical activity e.g. oxygen to promote oxidation, argon to inhibit oxidation or clean dry air (CDA) to inhibit moisture to control static charging due to the action of the probe or nanotools and to provide vacuum at and around the tip and substrate area. The invention can also produce electrical current for use with active electronic devices on, in or near the body of the device. In addition by use of a fluid like water, certain oils, and other liquids in conjunction with specific tip structure either electric discharge machining can be used at the tip area on the tip itself (in conjunction with a form structure on the work piece) or on a work piece beneath the tip to shape, polish and remove material at very small scales (10 microns to 1 nm or less). | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100192268 | Method and Apparatus for Micromachines, Microstructures, Nanomachines and Nanostructures - Parts and structures are described for micro and nano machines and the creation of macro structures with nano and micro layers of special materials to provide improved performance. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100284635 | Low-Friction Moving Interfaces in Micromachines and Nanomachines - A low-friction device having a moving interface comprising first and second members. Each of the members has a maximum dimension of about 100 μm or less between any two points. At least the first member is formed of diamond and the first and second members are in sliding contact or meshing contact. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100297391 | Diamond capsules and methods of manufacture - Capsules and similar objects are made from materials having diamond (sp | 11-25-2010 |
