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Lasertec Corporation

42 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

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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 Feb 25, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Chucking device and chucking method (US 9,117,869) comes due Feb 25, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 25, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due May 21, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Image pickup apparatus and focus adjustment method using bending correction to adjust focusing (US 11,822,233) comes due May 21, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 22, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jul 19 to 21, 2027 · next Jul 19
  • 1 fee due Nov 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Optical apparatus and vibration removing method (US 10,645,289) comes due Nov 5, 2027. Unpaid by May 5, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was 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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,548,309Inspection apparatus, inspection method, and manufacturing method of pattern substrate
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US 7,907,270Inspection apparatus and method, and production method for pattern substrates
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US 7,764,414Illumination apparatus and illumination method
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US 8,305,681Light source apparatus
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US 8,503,068Radiation source apparatus and DUV beam generation method
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US 8,760,642Substrate inspection apparatus and mask inspection apparatus
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US 9,117,869Chucking device and chucking method
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US 9,240,041Defect inspection device, defect inspection method, and defect inspection program
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US 8,879,055Inspection method and inspection apparatus
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US 9,638,739Defect coordinates measurement device, defect coordinates measurement method, mask manufacturing method, and reference mask
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Also on record, not counted in the 42: 12 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 8 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.

13 pending · 1 abandoned · 5 no status recorded

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