Grütter et al., 1992 - Google Patents

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  • G11B9/1409—Heads
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  • G11B9/1463—Record carriers for recording or reproduction involving the use of microscopic probe means
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  • G01Q70/00—General aspects of SPM probes, their manufacture or their related instrumentation, insofar as they are not specially adapted to a single SPM technique covered by group G01Q60/00

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