Patents by Inventor Hans J. Hug

Hans J. Hug 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).

  • Cantilever assembly
    Patent number: 8109135
    Abstract: A cantilever assembly (1) comprises a cantilever (10) having a cantilever tip (11). The cantilever is mounted to a rigid support (12,120,121) and is provided on its back side with an area (110) of a high reflectance material having a boundary (111) sloping towards the support (12). The extensions (c, ?c) of the area (110) and of the boundary (111) towards the support fulfil the condition c/?c?1 wherein c denotes the extension of the area (110) of the high reflectance material in the direction towards the support (12), and ?c denotes the extension of the sloped boundary (111) of the area (110) of the high reflectance material in the direction towards the support (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Nano World AG
    Inventors: Hans J. Hug, Bart Hoogenboom, Sascha Martin, Jinling Yang