GATAN, INC.
74Patents
38Active
74Granted
45Portfolio score
Filing activity: Aug 10, 1979 → Apr 6, 2021 · 7 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6768110B2 | Ion beam milling system and method for electron microscopy specimen preparation | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US5922179A | Apparatus for etching and coating sample specimens for microscopic analysis | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US5798524A | Automated adjustment of an energy filtering transmission electron microscope | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US5753924A | Ultra-high tilt specimen cryotransfer holder for electron microscope | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US5065029A | Cooled CCD camera for an electron microscope | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US4672797A | Method and apparatus for securing and transferring grid specimens | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US5536941A | Rotatable wide angle camera and prism assembly for electron microscopes | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US6388262B1 | Double tilt and rotate specimen holder for a transmission electron microscope | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US5472566A | Specimen holder and apparatus for two-sided ion milling system | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US5300776A | Autoadjusting electron microscope | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US4851670A | Energy-selected electron imaging filter | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US4703181A | Anti-drift device for side entry electron microscope specimen holders | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US5097126A | High resolution electron energy loss spectrometer | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US4950901A | Specimen cooling holder for side entry transmission electron microscopes | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US5009743A | Chemically-assisted ion beam milling system for the preparation of transmission electron microscope specimens | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US4833330A | Anticontaminator for transmission electron microscopes | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US4743756A | Parallel-detection electron energy-loss spectrometer | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US5517033A | Apparatus for improved image resolution in electron microscopy | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US5635720A | Resolution-enhancement device for an optically-coupled image sensor for an electron microscope | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US4996433A | Specimen heating holder for electron microscopes | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US4272682A | Specimen elevator for an ion milling machine | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6184524A | Automated set up of an energy filtering transmission electron microscope | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US6410925B1 | Single tilt rotation cryotransfer holder for electron microscopes | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US5818035A | Optically coupled large-format solid state imaging apparatus having edges of an imaging device | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US4797261A | Multiple specimen cryotransfer holder for electron microscopes | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.