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Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO)

Nasdaq: VECO · Special Industry Machinery, NEC · Plainview, NY · filing with the SEC since 1996
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

330 patents granted to the 4 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 Veeco Instruments Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
330
298 utility, 30 design, 2 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3
Against 2 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
253
12 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
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
Semiconductors10
Surface technology, coating2
Optics2
Chemical engineering1
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
Veeco Instruments Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
308 granted
172 published
Veeco Instruments Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
79 published
ULTRATECH INTERNATIONAL, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
22 granted
1 published
VEECO PROCESS EQUIPMENT INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (1)
Veeco GmbH
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in DE. 4 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,512,346Scatter melt detection to determine phase transition of semiconductor during laser annealingOpticsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Aug 26, 202512,400,894Automated batch production thin film deposition systems and methods of using the sameSemiconductorsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Jun 3, 202512,322,644Reactor with centering pin for epitaxial depositionSemiconductorsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Oct 8, 202412,109,797Liquid-absorbing barrier bag with adhered swelling absorbentSurface technology, coatingULTRATECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Oct 1, 202412,104,242Deposition system with integrated carrier cleaning modulesSemiconductorsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Sep 12, 202311,756,805Apparatus and method for die stack flux removalSemiconductorsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Oct 11, 202211,466,360Enhanced cathodic ARC source for ARC plasma depositionElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyVeeco Instruments Inc.
Aug 23, 202211,420,223High pressure spray headChemical engineeringVeeco Instruments Inc.
Aug 16, 202211,417,551Melt detection systems and methods of using the sameSemiconductorsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Aug 16, 202211,415,809High-efficiency line-forming optical systems and methods using a serrated spatial filterOpticsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 6, 20252025/0340977ION BEAM DEPOSITION OF A LOW RESISTIVITY METALSurface technology, coatingVeeco Instruments Inc.
Oct 23, 20252025/0328079UV ASSISTED STRIP (UVAS) OF PHOTORESIST TO REALIZE ESG AND 3D INTEGRATION TARGETSOpticsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Oct 16, 20252025/0323068APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED MATERIAL LIFT OFF (MLO)SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSINGSemiconductorsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Oct 16, 20252025/0323065APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SOLVENT PROCESSING UTILIZED FOR 3D AND TRADITIONAL PROCESS FLOWSSemiconductorsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Oct 9, 20252025/0313954GAS INJECTORS FOR MOCVD/CVD SYSTEMSSurface technology, coatingVeeco Instruments Inc.
Oct 2, 20252025/0305182IN-SITU PYROMETER FOR SILICON CARBIDE WAFERSurface technology, coatingVeeco Instruments Inc.
Aug 21, 20252025/0266233ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK FOR ION BEAM DEPOSITION SYSTEMSElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyVeeco Instruments Inc.
Aug 21, 20252025/0263837FLARED SHUTTER LINER FOR CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEMSurface technology, coatingVeeco Instruments Inc.
Jul 17, 20252025/0233073LOW RESISTIVITY TUNGSTEN INTERCONNECT STRUCTURESSemiconductorsVeeco Instruments Inc.
Jul 10, 20252025/0226176ELECTRICAL ISOLATION OF GAS FEED FOR ION BEAM SYSTEMElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyVeeco Instruments Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Surface technology, coating 9 · Semiconductors 5 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 5 · Measurement 1 · Optics 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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