Patents by Inventor Christopher Seipert

Christopher Seipert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20050046849
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for collecting optical data pertaining to one or more characteristics of a sample. A light beam of a first frequency is scanned onto a sample surface using one or more illumination optical elements. Light of a second frequency is collected from a scan line on the sample surface using one or more collection optical elements. None of the one or more collection optical elements are included among the one or more illumination optical elements. The collected light is transmitted to a detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Evan Cromwell, Johann Adam, Andrei Brunfeld, Paul Comita, Christopher Seipert
  • Publication number: 20050046848
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for collecting optical data pertaining to one or more characteristics of a sample. The apparatus has a light source, one or more illumination optical elements, a scanner, one or more collection optical elements, and a device forming an aperture that limits detection of light from the sample. The illumination optical elements direct a light beam from the light source onto the sample. The scanner scans the light beam across the sample. The collection optical elements collect light from the sample and transmit the collected light to a detector. None of the collection optical elements are included among the illumination optical elements. The device forming an aperture limits detection of light from the sample to light associated with a limited vertical depth within the sample, and is one of the collection optical elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Evan Cromwell, Johann Adam, Andrei Brunfeld, Paul Comita, Christopher Seipert