Patents by Inventor Hubert Murray Montague-Pollock

Hubert Murray Montague-Pollock 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).

  • Method and apparatus for localized dynamic mechano-thermal analysis with scanning probe microscopy
    Patent number: 6200022
    Abstract: A system and method for performing localized mechanothermal analysis with scanning probe microscopy (“MASM”) is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment an image of the surface or subsurface of a sample is created. A localized region of the sample is selected from the image. Using a scanning microscope, an active or passive thermal probe is positioned at the selected region. A temperature ramp is applied to the localized region. In addition, a dynamic or modulated stress or strain is applied to the localized region. Force data resulting from the applied temperature and stress or strain is collected and processed to produce a graph or fingerprint of the dynamic mechanical and/or calorimetric properties of the selected localized region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: TA Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Azzedine Hammiche, Hubert Murray Montague-Pollock, Michael Reading