Veeco Instruments Inc.
27 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.
Recorded under 8 name spellings.
25
Ending by 2030
Dec 2026
Next term end
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
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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 Nov 21, 2026The maintenance fee for Apparatus and Method to Reduce and Control Resistivity of Deionized Water (US 10,294,132) comes due Nov 21, 2026. Unpaid by May 21, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Jan 16 to 21, 2027 · next Jan 16
- 1 fee due Feb 13, 2027The maintenance fee for Ion Beam Etching (US 10,381,231) comes due Feb 13, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 13, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Mar 12, 2027The maintenance fee for Apparatus and Method for Die Stack Flux Removal (US 11,756,805) comes due Mar 12, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 13, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Apr 8 to 15, 2027 · next Apr 8
- 3 fees due May 3 to 17, 2027 · next May 3
- 5 fees due Aug 4 to 25, 2027 · next Aug 4
- 1 fee due Nov 3, 2027The maintenance fee for System and Method for Thin Film Deposition (US 9,328,417) comes due Nov 3, 2027. Unpaid by May 3, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 3 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 2 terms have ended 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.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 8,374,830 | Grid Transparency and Grid Hole Pattern Control for Ion Beam Uniformity In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,158,016 | Methods of Operating an Electromagnet of an Ion Source In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,879,201 | Method and Apparatus for Surface Processing of a Substrate In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US RE44,116 | Substrate-Alignment Using Detector of Substrate Material In force · Low confidence | In force | Low confidence | |
| US D686,175 | Wafer Carrier Having Pockets In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D686,582 | Wafer Carrier Having Pockets In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D687,790 | Keyed Wafer Carrier In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D687,791 | Multi-Keyed Wafer Carrier In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D690,671 | Wafer Carrier Having Pockets In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D695,241 | Wafer Carrier Having Pockets In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 128: 27 patents in force now held by others · 234 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 239 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.
15 pending · 7 abandoned · 77 no status recorded