Verity Instruments, Inc.
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.
Recorded under 2 name spellings.
2
Ending by 2030
May 2027
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 Feb 15, 2027The maintenance fee for Signal conversion system for optical sensors (US 11,725,985) comes due Feb 15, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 16, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Jul 30, 2027The maintenance fee for System, apparatus, and method for spectral filtering (US 11,885,682) comes due Jul 30, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 31, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Oct 12, 2027The maintenance fee for High dynamic range measurement system for process monitoring (US 9,310,250) comes due Oct 12, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 12, 2028, it lapses early.
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.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,630,859 | Method and apparatus for reducing the effects of window clouding on a viewport window in a reactive environment In force (reinstated) · From the USPTO record | In force (reinstated) | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,125,633 | Calibration of a radiometric optical monitoring system used for fault detection and process monitoring In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,383,323 | Workpiece characterization system In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,772,226 | Referenced and stabilized optical measurement system In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,842,726 | Method and apparatus for the detection of arc events during the plasma processing of a wafer, surface of substrate In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,310,250 | High dynamic range measurement system for process monitoring In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,801,265 | High dynamic range measurement system for process monitoring In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 10,365,212 | System and Method for Calibration of Optical Signals in Semiconductor Process Systems In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,763,144 | Adaptable-modular optical sensor based process control system, and method of operation thereof In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 12,646,700 | Multimode Configurable Spectrometer In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 20: 1 patent in force now held by others · 1 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 15 ended at full term. List them
Sources and methods
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Published applications
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3 pending · 4 no status recorded