Patents by Inventor Björn Harnath

Björn Harnath 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).

  • Probe system and method for receiving a probe of a scanning probe microscope
    Patent number: 10578644
    Abstract: The invention relates to a probe system for a scanning probe microscope which (a) has a receptacle apparatus for a probe, (b) has a probe storage, which provides at least one probe for the scanning probe microscope, (c) wherein the probe, the probe storage, and the receptacle apparatus are embodied in such a way that the probe can form a releasable first connection with the probe storage and a releasable second connection with the receptacle apparatus, wherein the first connection and/or the second connection use a magnetic force; and wherein the receptacle apparatus and the probe storage are movable relative to one another in such a way for receiving the probe that the probe forms the second connection before the first connection is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Baur, Sylvio Ruhm, Gabriel Baralia, Christoph Pohl, Björn Harnath, Matthias Weber
  • PROBE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING A PROBE OF A SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20180095108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a probe system for a scanning probe microscope which (a) has a receptacle apparatus for a probe, (b) has a probe storage, which provides at least one probe for the scanning probe microscope, (c) wherein the probe, the probe storage, and the receptacle apparatus are embodied in such a way that the probe can form a releasable first connection with the probe storage and a releasable second connection with the receptacle apparatus, wherein the first connection and/or the second connection use a magnetic force; and wherein the receptacle apparatus and the probe storage are movable relative to one another in such a way for receiving the probe that the probe forms the second connection before the first connection is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Christof Baur, Sylvio Ruhm, Gabriel Baralia, Christoph Pohl, Björn Harnath, Matthias Weber