ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,136, issued on July 15, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).
"Damping base for modular scanning probe microscope head" was invented by Angela M. Coe (Tenstrike, Minn.), Guohong Li (Highland Park, N.J.) and Eva Y. Andrei (Highland Park, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, including a scanning probe microscope base that includes a configured to be secured to an end of an insert in a cryostat; a top configured to be connected to a base of a scanning probe microscope head that is configured to be disposed inside the insert; and a damping system disposed between the frame and the...