Also listed on Altatech Semiconductor, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 28, 2022 (Valley National Bank).
Term ends Sep 17, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 21, 2034
Held by Kobus SAS
Filed Aug 20, 2015 as application 14/769,414 · Granted Oct 3, 2017
Base term plus 208 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2014
Feb 21, 2014
Term ends
Sep 17, 2034
Sep 17, 2034
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Oct 3, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
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
208
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
2
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 runs 208 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 21, 2014, when application PCT/EP2014/053457, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 20, 2015) | Feb 21, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +208 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 17, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 17, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,777,374 | this patent Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
1 of 2 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2015 Reel 36991, frame 203 | Nal, Patrice; Borean, Christophe; Vitiello, Julien | Altatech Semiconductor | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 15, 2017 Reel 44882, frame 814 | Altatech Semiconductor | Unity Semiconductor | Change of Name |
| Dec 15, 2017 Reel 44882, frame 864 | Unity Semiconductor | Kobus SAS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 23, 2021 Reel 58945, frame 169 | Raje Technology Group, LLC; Plasma-Therm, LLC; Rev-Tech Manufacturing Solutions, LLC; Plasma-Therm Nes, LLC | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Security Interest |
| Jun 28, 2022 Reel 60447, frame 766 | Raje Technology Group, LLC; Plasma-Therm, LLC; Rev-Tech Manufacturing Solutions, LLC; Hine Automation, LLC; Drytek, LLC; Plasma-Therm Nes, LLC; Logix Technology Holdings, LLC; Plasma Therm Ic-Disc, Inc. | Valley National Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2022 Reel 61070, frame 642 | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Raje Technology Group, LLC; Plasma-Therm, LLC; Plasma-Therm Ic-Disc, Inc.; Plasma-Therm Nes, LLC; Rev-Tech Manufacturing Solutions, LLC; Hine Automation, LLC; Drytek LLC; Logix Technology Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Raje Technology Group, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Plasma-Therm, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Plasma-Therm Ic-Disc, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Plasma-Therm Nes, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Rev-Tech Manufacturing Solutions, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Hine Automation, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Drytek LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Logix Technology Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Sep 2034
Term ends Sep 17, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 208 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
39
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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