Patents by Inventor Rudiger Berger

Rudiger Berger 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).

  • Micro-electromechanical sensor device
    Publication number: 20080013102
    Abstract: A sensor device (100) comprises a holding body (10), at least one deflectable sensor element (20) fixed to the holding body (10), and a sensor array (30) with a plurality of sensitive layers (31) arranged on a surface (21) of the at least one sensor element (20), wherein each of the sensitive layers (31) is adapted to couple at least one probe substance to be sensed, wherein the at least one sensor element (20) has a spring constant below 5 N/m. Furthermore, a measuring device comprising the sensor device and a method of investigating a sample for sensing at least one probe molecule in the sample are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicants: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V., a corporation of Germany, Surface Imaging Systems Rastersonden- und Sensormesstechnik GmbH, a corporation of Germany, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, a corporation of Germany
    Inventors: Rudiger Berger, Mark Helm, Frank Saurenbach