Auros Technology, Inc.

31 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

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May 2040

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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.

1 fee due Apr 10, 2027
The maintenance fee for Overlay measuring device and method for controlling focus and program therefor (US 11,781,996) comes due Apr 10, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 12, 2027, it lapses early.
3 fees due Jun 5 to 19, 2027 · next Jun 5
1 fee due Jul 16, 2027
The maintenance fee for Apparatus for transferring optical instrument (US 11,874,104) comes due Jul 16, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 18, 2028, it lapses early.
2 fees due Oct 16 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 16

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Recent changes

3 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 17, 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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 12,001,146	Overlay Measurment Device In force Term ends May 4, 2040 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 4, 2040	High confidence
US 12,085,383	Overlay Measurment Device In force Ends no later than May 15, 2041 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than May 15, 2041	Medium confidence
US 11,604,421	Overlay mark, overlay measurement method and semiconductor device manufacturing method using the overlay mark In force Term ends Jul 26, 2042 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jul 26, 2042	From the USPTO record
US 12,066,331	Polarization analysis apparatus and method for adjusting angle of incidence or numerical aperture using aperture In force Term ends Aug 25, 2042 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Aug 25, 2042	From the USPTO record
US 11,835,447	Method for measuring characteristic of thin film In force Term ends Sep 7, 2042 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Sep 7, 2042	From the USPTO record
US 11,874,104	Apparatus for transferring optical instrument In force Term ends Sep 28, 2042 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Sep 28, 2042	From the USPTO record
US 11,835,865	Overlay measurement apparatus In force Term ends Oct 20, 2042 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Oct 20, 2042	From the USPTO record
US 12,021,040	Overlay Mark Forming Moire Pattern, Overlay Measurement Method Using Same, and Manufacturing Method of Semiconductor Device Using Same In force Term ends Oct 20, 2042 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 20, 2042	High confidence
US 11,971,248	Wavelength-Tunable Fiber Optic Light Source and Overlay Measurement Device with Same In force Term ends Apr 25, 2043 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 25, 2043	High confidence
US 11,781,996	Overlay measuring device and method for controlling focus and program therefor In force Term ends May 2, 2043 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 2, 2043	From the USPTO record

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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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