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Ap Systems Inc.

18 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
1 more in force is now held by another company
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 2 fees due Apr 1 to 3, 2027 · next Apr 1
  • 1 fee due May 26, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Emergency stop apparatus and method (US 10,490,370) comes due May 26, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 26, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 23, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Thin film manufacturing apparatus (US 11,967,492) comes due Oct 23, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 24, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,913,884Heater block for a rapid thermal processing apparatus
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US 9,386,632Apparatus for substrate treatment and method for operating the same
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US 9,431,279Heater block and a substrate treatment apparatus
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US 9,568,372Apparatus for calibrating pyrometer
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 9,500,530Apparatus for calibrating pyrometer
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US 10,106,914Apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using same
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US 10,428,415Method of manufacturing shadow mask using hybrid processing and shadow mask manufactured thereby
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US 10,490,370Emergency stop apparatus and method
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US 10,985,040Substrate treatment method and substrate treatment apparatus
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US D1,034,493Chamber wall liner for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus
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Also on record, not counted in the 18: 1 patent in force now held by others · 5 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 5 ended at full term. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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