Patents by Inventor Ross Savage

Ross Savage 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 investigating the wavefront of a charged-particle beam
    Patent number: 9202670
    Abstract: A method of investigating a wavefront of a charged-particle beam that is directed from a source through an illuminator so as to traverse a sample plane and land upon a detector, an output of the detector being used in combination with a mathematical reconstruction technique so as to calculate at least one of phase information and amplitude information for the wavefront at a pre-defined location along its path to the detector, in which method: Said beam is caused to traverse a particle-optical lens system disposed between said sample plane and said detector; At a selected location in the path from said source to said detector, a modulator is used to locally produce a given modulation of the wavefront; In a series of measurement sessions, different such modulations are employed, and the associated detector outputs are collectively used in said mathematical reconstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: FEI Company
    Inventors: Bart Jozef Janssen, Gijs van Duinen, Uwe Luecken, Ross Savage, Stephanus H.L. van den Boom, Ivan Lazic
  • METHOD OF INVESTIGATING THE WAVEFRONT OF A CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM
    Publication number: 20150170876
    Abstract: A method of investigating a wavefront of a charged-particle beam that is directed from a source through an illuminator so as to traverse a sample plane and land upon a detector, an output of the detector being used in combination with a mathematical reconstruction technique so as to calculate at least one of phase information and amplitude information for the wavefront at a pre-defined location along its path to the detector, in which method: Said beam is caused to traverse a particle-optical lens system disposed between said sample plane and said detector; At a selected location in the path from said source to said detector, a modulator is used to locally produce a given modulation of the wavefront; In a series of measurement sessions, different such modulations are employed, and the associated detector outputs are collectively used in said mathematical reconstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: FEI Company
    Inventors: Bart Jozef Janssen, Gijs van Duinen, Uwe Luecken, Ross Savage, Stephanus H.L. van den Boom, Ivan Lazic
  • Masking system
    Patent number: 8877311
    Abstract: A masking barrier, and methods of using the masking barrier are described. A releasable barrier for masking walls is disclosed. More particularly, the systems and method in one aspect include a barrier sheet including a boundary or edge adapted with an assembly including an adhesive. In another aspect, the invention relates to the use of an assembly including a pressure-sensitive adhesive area. In another aspect, a release sheet is removably affixed to the pressure-sensitive adhesive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: SAVI LLC
    Inventors: Michael Avila, Ross Savage
  • Use of 3-benzalphthalides as UV stabilizers for thermoplastic, aromatic polyesters, polycarbonates and polyester carbonates
    Patent number: 4797435
    Abstract: Optionally substituted 3-benzalphthalides are effective UV stabilizers for thermoplastic aromatic polyesters, polycarbonates and polyester carbonates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Scholl, Volker Serini, Dietrich Rathmann, Ross Savage, Klaus Kircher