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KULICKE & SOFFA IND INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    424
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    9,992
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 21.0%
About

KULICKE & SOFFA IND INC has a total of 424 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 21.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1965. It filed its patents most often in United States, China and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets semiconductors, machine tools and machines are F&K DELVOTEC BONDTECHNIK GMBH, ORTHODYNE ELECTRONICS CORP and SHANGHAI WEISONG INDUSTRY AUTOMATION CO LTD.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing KULICKE & SOFFA IND INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Wasserman Matthew B 36
#2 Deangelis Dominick A 28
#3 Qin Wei 28
#4 Clauberg Horst 26
#5 Sood Deepak 26
#6 Gillotti Gary S 25
#7 Schmidt-Lange Michael P 24
#8 Beatson David T 21
#9 Colosimo Jr Thomas J 19
#10 Frasch E Walter 16

Latest patents

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US2018117695A1 Fluxing systems, bonding machines including fluxing systems, and methods of operating the same
US2018114767A1 Bond head assemblies including reflective optical elements, related bonding machines, and related methods
US2018005980A1 Methods for generating wire loop profiles for wire loops, and methods for checking for adequate clearance between adjacent wire loops