0 patents currently held, every record listed here
5 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
This portfolio holds none of the 5 US patents in force on its record. from the record
Of the 5 now held by other companies, 4 name Brooks Automation US LLC as their current owner, and 1 more name another party. Each row says which.
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
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Ending by 2030
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Next term end
When these terms end
Each bar runs from grant to computed term end. 2010 to 2029.
US 8,178,829
Wafer Presence Detector with End Effectors Having Optical Couplers and Fibers
Oct 6, 2029
20142018202220262029
Every computed term in this portfolio is shown above.Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
None of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Jul 2029 · High confidence
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 83 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data. Protection runs to 2029.
now held by Brooks Automation US, LLC
Also notable
Ends Mar 2029 · High confidence
Granted 2020. Computed term ends 2029.
now held by Brooks Automation US, LLC
Fee deadlines
No maintenance fee falls due on this company's record before Nov 10, 2027.
Recent changes
Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
Also on record: 5 patents in force now held by others · 6 patents ended · 11 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
4 computed term dates come from a chain with an unresolved parent. A continuity parent has not yet been fetched from USPTO's records. The term is dated from this application's own claim; no earlier date is assumed until the parent is resolved.