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Paul K. Hansma
Also filed as: HANSMA PAUL · HANSMA PAUL K
31 granted patents·4 pending applications·1,378 citations·filing 1983–2016
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35 records- 0198USRE34489EAtomic force microscope with optional replaceable fluid cellUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 28, 1993·153 cites·58 claims
- 0298US4935634AAtomic force microscope with optional replaceable fluid cellUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1989·Granted Jun 19, 1990·134 cites·58 claims
- 0395US4924091AScanning ion conductance microscopeUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1989·Granted May 8, 1990·115 cites·11 claims
- 0494US5463897AScanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical accessDIGITAL INSTR INC·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 7, 1995·115 cites·41 claims
- 0593US6783709B2Self-healing organosiloxane materials containing reversible and energy-dispersive crosslinking domainsUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 31, 2004·56 cites·48 claims
- 0688US5479024AMethod and apparatus for performing near-field optical microscopyUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 26, 1995·115 cites·22 claims
- 0785US5560244AScanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical accessDIGITAL INSTR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 1, 1996·70 cites·7 claims
- 0882US6016693AMicrofabrication of cantilevers using sacrificial templatesUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 25, 2000·118 cites·20 claims
- 0980US5670712AMethod and apparatus for magnetic force control of a scanning probeUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 23, 1997·42 cites·49 claims
- 1079US6871527B2Measurement head for atomic force microscopy and other applicationsUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 29, 2005·30 cites·23 claims
- 1179US5581082ACombined scanning probe and scanning energy microscopeUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 3, 1996·72 cites·98 claims
- 1279USRE34708EScanning ion conductance microscopeUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 30, 1994·42 cites·14 claims
- 1377US5714682AScanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical accessDIGITAL INSTR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 3, 1998·42 cites·15 claims
- 1476US6032518AScanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical accessDIGITAL INSTR INC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 7, 2000·59 cites·20 claims
- 1575US7966866B2Methods and instruments for materials testingUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 28, 2011·17 cites·7 claims
- 1675US4800274AHigh resolution atomic force microscopeUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1987·Granted Jan 24, 1989·39 cites·3 claims
- 1772US5825020AAtomic force microscope for generating a small incident beam spotUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 20, 1998·62 cites·23 claims
- 1871US7878987B2Methods and instruments for assessing bone fracture riskUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 1, 2011·10 cites·16 claims
- 1968US8398568B2Methods and instruments for assessing bone fracture riskHANSMA PAUL K·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 19, 2013·7 cites·16 claims
- 2068US7555941B2Scanner for probe microscopyUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 7, 2009·3 cites·9 claims
- 2165US7278298B2Scanner for probe microscopyUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 9, 2007·11 cites·25 claims
- 2264US5925818AMethod and apparatus for magnetic force control of a scanning probeUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 20, 1999·26 cites·9 claims
- 2353US9895104B2Method and device for reference point indentation without a reference probeCONNOR RANDALL·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 20, 2018·1 cites·19 claims
- 2447US6376636B1Modular, energy-dissipating material and method for using itUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 23, 2002·8 cites·16 claims
- 2546US9983107B2Self-aligning probes and related devicesUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 2013·Granted May 29, 2018·0 cites·10 claims
- 2646US2009093692A1Methods and instruments for measuring tissue mechanical propertiesHANSMA PAUL K·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2745US5166100AMethods of making nanometer period optical gratingsGOSSARD ARTHUR C·Filed 1990·Granted Nov 24, 1992·14 cites·9 claims
- 2844US10488391B2Neural circuit probeUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 26, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 2943US2013204164A1Methods and instruments for assessing bone fracture riskHANSMA PAUL K·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3042US4566023ASqueezable electron tunnelling junctionUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1983·Granted Jan 21, 1986·6 cites·8 claims
- 3142US2011303022A1Methods and instruments for material testingHANSMA PAUL·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 3241US2018266104A1Control system and method for mitigating the effects of natural hazardsUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3340US6455838B2High sensitivity deflection sensing deviceUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 24, 2002·8 cites·29 claims
- 3433US6649902B2Summing the output of an array of optical detector segments in an atomic force microscopeUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 18, 2003·1 cites·4 claims
- 3526US8087288B1Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical accessPRATER CRAIG B·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 3, 2012·2 cites·3 claims
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