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• 15 United States
• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
BRUKER NANO INC	112 ROBIN HILL ROAD SANTA BARBARA CA 93117

International Classification(s)

• B82Y:SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANO-STRUCTURES; ....
• G01N:INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMININ....
• G01Q:SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES OR APPARATUS; APPLICATIO....
• G01B:MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIME....

• 2013 Application Filing Year
• B82Y Class
• 1156 Applications Filed
• 1150 Patents Issued To-Date
• 99.49 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Gotthard, Doug	Santa Barbara, US	11	163
# of filed Patents : 11 Total Citations : 163
King, William P	Champaign, US	33	613
# of filed Patents : 33 Total Citations : 613
Lee, Byeonghee	Seongnam, KR	5	22
# of filed Patents : 5 Total Citations : 22
Prater, Craig	Santa Barbara, US	67	1053
# of filed Patents : 67 Total Citations : 1053

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Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date
11.5 Year Payment	$7400.00	$3700.00	$1850.00	Jun 16, 2026

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
Surcharge - 11.5 year - Late payment within 6 months	$160.00	$80.00	$40.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
December 16, 2014	US,8914911,B2   US8914911B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
October 17, 2013	US,20130276175,A1   US20130276175A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 9072224

Device and method for harvesting fruit from a tree by shaking

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Abstract

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A tree shaker for harvesting fruits, nuts, and other tree-borne products includes a mobile vehicle and a boom attached to the vehicle and offset at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. A boom pivot is provided along the length of the boom. The boom pivot is lockable such that when the boom pivot is unlocked the boom is free to pivot around the boom pivot, and when the boom pivot is locked the boom is fixed around the boom pivot.

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