ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,270, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to IMS Nanofabrication GmbH (Brunn am Gebirge, Austria).
"Adjustable permanent magnetic lens having thermal control device" was invented by Dietmar Puchberger (Vienna), Johannes Leitner (Vienna), Patrick Mayrhofer (Vienna), Christoph Spengler (Vienna) and Elmar Platzgummer (Vienna).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fine-adjustable charged particle lens comprises a magnetic circuit assembly including permanent magnets and a yoke body, surrounding a beam passage extending along the longitudinal axis. The permanent magnet is arranged between an inner yoke component and an outer yoke component so as to ...