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David Grigg — 19 Patents

VIVeeco Instruments: 6 patents #30 of 323Top 10%
DIDigital Instruments: 5 patents #3 of 25Top 15%
PSPhotothermal Spectroscopy: 5 patents #5 of 8Top 65%
University of California: 3 patents #2,984 of 18,278Top 20%
ZYZygo: 2 patents #34 of 99Top 35%
BNBruker Nano: 1 patents #76 of 148Top 55%
Midland School, CA: #114 of 439 inventorsTop 30%
California: #31,067 of 386,348 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
David Grigg has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Veeco Instruments. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in September 2025. David Grigg ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list David Grigg in Midland School, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2025.peak 31995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents1998: 2 patents19982000: 1 patents2001: 2 patents20012002: 1 patents2004: 2 patents20042006: 2 patents2009: 1 patents20092012: 1 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12405215 Asymmetric quadrature interferometry for thin film interference suppression in optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy Craig Prater, Derek Decker 2025-09-02
12372401 Method and apparatus for high performance wide field photothermal imaging and spectroscopy Craig Prater, Derek Decker 2025-07-29
12276603 Asymmetric interferometric optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy Craig Prater, Derek Decker 2025-04-15
11774354 Interferometric optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy Craig Prater, Derek Decker 2023-10-03
11480518 Asymmetric interferometric optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy Craig Prater, Derek Decker 2022-10-25
8087288 Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical access Craig Prater, James Massie, Virgil B. Elings, Paul K. Hansma, Barney Drake 2012-01-03 $15,424,000
7501615 Flexure assembly for a scanner Jason Cleveland 2009-03-10 $2,367,000
7102761 Scanning interferometry Xavier Colonna De Lega, Peter De Groot 2006-09-05 $2,592,000
7002138 Flexure assembly for a scanner Jason Cleveland 2006-02-21 $2,398,000
6822745 Optical systems for measuring form and geometric dimensions of precision engineered parts Peter De Groot, Xavier Colonna De Lega, James F. Biegen 2004-11-23 $1,232,000
6720551 Flexure assembly for a scanner Jason Cleveland 2004-04-13 $8,428,000
6410907 Flexure assembly for a scanner Jason Cleveland 2002-06-25 $8,986,000
6323483 High bandwidth recoiless microactuator Jason Cleveland 2001-11-27 $19,368,000
6246052 Flexure assembly for a scanner Jason Cleveland 2001-06-12 $26,067,000
6032518 Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical access Craig Prater, James Massie, Virgil B. Elings, Paul K. Hansma, Barney Drake 2000-03-07
5714682 Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical access Craig Prater, James Massie, Virgil B. Elings, Paul K. Hansma, Barney Drake 1998-02-03
5705814 Scanning probe microscope having automatic probe exchange and alignment James M. Young, Craig Prater, Charles Meyer, William H. Hertzog, John A. Gurley +1 more 1998-01-06
5560244 Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical access Craig Prater, James Massie, Virgil B. Elings, Paul K. Hansma, Barney Drake 1996-10-01
5463897 Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical access Craig Prater, James Massie, Virgil B. Elings, Paul K. Hansma, Barney Drake 1995-11-07

Frequent Collaborators

Craig Prater11 shared
Virgil B. Elings6 shared
Jason Cleveland6 shared
Paul K. Hansma5 shared
Barney Drake5 shared
Derek Decker5 shared

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