Patents by Inventor Ernst Jan Ruben Vesseur

Ernst Jan Ruben Vesseur 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 of manipulating a sample in an evacuated chamber of a charged particle apparatus
    Patent number: 11017980
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manipulating a sample in an evacuated chamber of a charged particle apparatus, the method performed in said evacuated chamber, the method including: providing a sample on a first substrate; bringing an extremal end of a manipulator in contact with the sample; attaching the sample to said extremal end, the attaching being a removable attaching; lifting the sample attached to the extremal end of the manipulator from the first substrate and transport the sample to a second substrate; attaching the sample to the second substrate; and detaching the sample from the extremal end of the manipulator. At least one of the steps of attaching the sample being performed solely by bringing the sample into contact with a bundle of carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FEI Company
    Inventors: Tomá{hacek over (s)} Vystav{hacek over (e)}l, Petronella Catharina Maria Baken, Ernst Jan Ruben Vesseur, Pavel Poloucek
  • METHOD OF MANIPULATING A SAMPLE IN AN EVACUATED CHAMBER OF A CHARGED PARTICLE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160307727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manipulating a sample in an evacuated chamber of a charged particle apparatus, the method performed in said evacuated chamber, the method including: providing a sample on a first substrate; bringing an extremal end of a manipulator in contact with the sample; attaching the sample to said extremal end, the attaching being a removable attaching; lifting the sample attached to the extremal end of the manipulator from the first substrate and transport the sample to a second substrate; attaching the sample to the second substrate; and detaching the sample from the extremal end of the manipulator. At least one of the steps of attaching the sample being performed solely by bringing the sample into contact with a bundle of carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: FEI Company
    Inventors: Tomás Vystavel, Petronella Catharina Maria Baken, Ernst Jan Ruben Vesseur, Pavel Poloucek