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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC)

Nasdaq: KLIC · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Singapore, SG · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

267 patents granted to the 9 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
267
266 utility, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
25
Against 18 in 2024 and 13 in 2023
Applications published
266
29 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
9
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Semiconductors56
Machine tools17
Surface technology, coating5
Audio-visual technology3
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy2
Optics1
Computer technology1
Chemical engineering1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
212 granted
86 published
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
101 published
Assembleon N.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
22 granted
30 published
Assembleon B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
19 granted
12 published
KULICKE & SOFFA NETHERLANDS B.V. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NL
0 granted
16 published
Assembléon B.V. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NL
0 granted
13 published
Kulicke & Soffa Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
TW, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
4 published
Kulicke & Soffa Netherlands B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
1 published
Kulicke and Soffa Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in TW
0 granted
3 published
Names not counted (1)
Kulicke & Soffa Holdings B.V.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in NL. 10 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 23, 202512,502,687Dispensing adjustment system and method thereofSurface technology, coatingKulicke & Soffa Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
Dec 16, 202512,500,204Bonding systems for bonding of semiconductor elements to substrates including a gas composition analyzer, and related methodsSemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,485,565Methods of determining and/or calibrating a cutter height on a wedge bonding machine, and related wedge bonding machinesMachine toolsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,485,503Mass transferring system and method thereofMachine toolsKulicke & Soffa Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
Nov 25, 202512,482,679Methods of transferring a die from a carrier to a receive substrate, and related systems and materialsSemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Nov 4, 202512,463,066Systems for stretching a die source, and related methodsSemiconductorsKulicke & Soffa Netherlands B.V.
Oct 7, 202512,438,119Intelligent dispensing adjustment system and method thereofSemiconductorsKulicke & Soffa Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
Oct 7, 202512,438,117Die bonding systems, and methods of using the sameSemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Sep 30, 202512,431,459Methods of monitoring gas byproducts of a bonding system, and related monitoring systems and bonding systemsSemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Sep 9, 202512,412,772Setting up ultra-small or ultra-thin discrete components for easy assemblySemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0391812METHODS OF DETERMINING A BONDING STATUS BETWEEN A PORTION OF WIRE AND A WORKPIECE ON A WIRE BONDING SYSTEMSemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0385216DIE BONDING SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMESemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0372455METHODS OF IMAGING A WIRE STRUCTURE ON A WIRE BONDING SYSTEMSemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Nov 27, 20252025/0360581WIRE BONDING SYSTEMS AND ARRAYS, AND RELATED METHODSMachine toolsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Oct 30, 20252025/0332654ULTRASONIC WELDING SYSTEMS FOR CONDUCTIVE PINS, AND RELATED METHODSMachine toolsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Sep 18, 20252025/0289074ULTRASONIC WELDING SYSTEMS, AND SONOTRODES FOR ULTRASONIC WELDING SYSTEMSMachine toolsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Sep 11, 20252025/0286014WIRE BONDING ARRAYS, MAINTENANCE STATIONS FOR WIRE BONDING ARRAYS, AND RELATED METHODSSemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Sep 4, 20252025/0277877METHODS OF TESTING A PROCESS WINDOW, AND AUTOMATICALLY OPTIMIZING A PROCESS, ON A WIRE BONDING SYSTEMMeasurementKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Aug 7, 20252025/0253286WEDGE BONDING TOOLS, WIRE BONDING SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODSSemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Jul 24, 20252025/0239567METHODS OF FORMING WIRE INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES AND RELATED WIRE BONDING TOOLSSemiconductorsKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Semiconductors 31 · Machine tools 10 · Surface technology, coating 1 · Audio-visual technology 1 · Measurement 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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