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Method for Repairing Heaters and Chucks Used in Semiconductor Processing

US 9,999,947 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2021 (Bank of Montreal).

Term ends Apr 20, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Apr 20, 2016 as application 15/133,934 · Granted Jun 19, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Apr 20, 2016
Term ends
Apr 20, 2036
Granted
Jun 19, 2018
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
20
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 20, 2016, when this application, 15/133,934, was filedApr 20, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 20, 2036High confidence

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Apr 2037
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Application PCT/US2015/068274PCT application
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US 9,999,947this patent
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Application PCT/US2016/029057PCT application
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8 of 20 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 14, 2018
Reel 45799, frame 323
Parker, MichaelComponent Re-Engineering Company, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 14, 2018
Reel 45799, frame 335
Cunha, JeffComponent Re-Engineering Company, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 14, 2018
Reel 45799, frame 362
Balma, FrankComponent Re-Engineering Company, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 14, 2018
Reel 45799, frame 370
Elliot, BrentComponent Re-Engineering Company, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 14, 2018
Reel 45799, frame 372
Veytser, AlexanderComponent Re-Engineering Company, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 16, 2020
Reel 53791, frame 283
Component Re-Engineering Company, Inc.Watlow Electric Manufacturing CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 3, 2021
Reel 55479, frame 708
Watlow Electric Manufacturing CompanyBank Of Montreal, As Administrative AgentPatent Security Agreement (Short Form)

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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