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DIGITAL INSTR INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    45
About

DIGITAL INSTR INC has a total of 45 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1988. It filed its patents most often in United States, Japan and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets measurement, machines and semiconductors are MOLECULAR IMAGING CORP, PARK SCIENT INSTR and NAKAYAMA YOSHIKAZU.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing DIGITAL INSTR INCs patent filings in countries

Patent filings per year

Chart showing DIGITAL INSTR INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Elings Virgil B 39
#2 Gurley John A 29
#3 Prater Craig B 6
#4 Grigg David A 6
#5 Hansma Paul K 4
#6 Drake Barney 4
#7 Massie James 4
#8 Maivald Peter 3
#9 Sarid Dror 2
#10 Young James M 2

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US6032518A Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical access
USRE37203E Feedback control for scanning tunnel microscopes
US5898106A Method and apparatus for obtaining improved vertical metrology measurements
US5705814A Scanning probe microscope having automatic probe exchange and alignment
US5519212A Tapping atomic force microscope with phase or frequency detection
US5557156A Scan control for scanning probe microscopes
US5463897A Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical access
US5266801A Jumping probe microscope
US5308974A Scanning probe microscope using stored data for vertical probe positioning
US5400647A Methods of operating atomic force microscopes to measure friction
US5306919A Positioning device for scanning probe microscopes
US5412980A Tapping atomic force microscope
US5253516A Atomic force microscope for small samples having dual-mode operating capability
US5204531A Method of adjusting the size of the area scanned by a scanning probe
US5224376A Atomic force microscope
US5198715A Scanner for scanning probe microscopes having reduced Z-axis non-linearity
US5237859A Atomic force microscope
US5189906A Compact atomic force microscope
US5051646A Method of driving a piezoelectric scanner linearly with time
US5081390A Method of operating a scanning probe microscope to improve drift characteristics