US Patent 7230699 Sample orientation system and method

Patent 7230699 was granted and assigned to J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. on June, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

J.A. Woollam Co., Inc.

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

72306990

Patent Inventor Names

Martin M. Liphardt0

Ping He0

Date of Patent

June 12, 2007

Patent Application Number

106526960

Date Filed

September 2, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tarifur Chowdhury

Patent abstract

Disclosed is a system comprising a stage with “X”, “Y” and “Z” translation and “X”, “Y” and optionally “Z” axes rotation capability, in combination with interrogation and monitoring means which act in functional combination to orient the surface of a sample so as to set an intended oblique approach of an electromagnetic beam with respect to a sample surface at a monitored location thereon.