INCOM, INC.

Charlton, MA · Semiconductors · Still private

Large Area Picosecond Photo Detectors (LAPPDs) and radiation-hard Z-stacked picosecond particle detector units (EZPPDs) with pixelated readout for high-energy physics and medical imaging applications

Claim this profile

Follows are private to you and power your alerts

Updated Oct 23, 2026 · incomusa.com

Sector: Semiconductors
Headquarters: Charlton, MA
Total capital: $12.3M

Federal grants: $12.3M; 21 awards · 2015–2023; Rank in peer group#10 of 72
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents: 6; 15 pending · first 2015; Rank in peer group#17 of 72

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jul 2023Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · MCP-PMT Timing Layer for LHCb ECAL Upgrade 2$199K
Aug 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Glass-metal Fritted Assemblies for Alpha-detection$1.1M
Aug 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Resistive Coatings for High-performance, Low-background MCPs Operating Across Broad Temperature Ranges and at Cryogenic Temperatures$1.1M
Aug 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · High Gain MCP ALD Films: Microchannel Plate Amplifiers Fabricated Using Glass Substrates and Thin Films$1.1M
Jun 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Development of LAPPDs for LHCb ECAL and other High Rate High Radiation Applications$199K
Jun 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Glass-metal Fritted Assemblies for Alpha-detection$199K
May 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Large Area Multi-Anode MCP-PMT for High Rate Applications Phase II$1.1M

Show 14 earlier federal awards

Feb 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Application Specific High Fluence Anode Design$199K
Aug 2020Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Development of Advanced Photocathode Materials for LAPPD$1.1M
Feb 2020Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Large Area Multi-Anode MCP-PMT for High Rate Applications$200K
Aug 2019Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Resistive Coatings for High-Performance, Low-Background MCPs Operating Across Broad Temperature Ranges and at Cryogenic Temperatures$1.0M
Aug 2019Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Curved Microchannel Plates and Collimators for Spaceflight Mass Spectrometers$750K
Jul 2019Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Development of advanced photocathodes for LAPPD$199K
May 2019Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Development of Gen-II LAPPDTMSystems For Nuclear Physics Experiments$1.0M
Aug 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · High Gain MCP ALD Films$1.0M
Jul 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · ALD-GCA-MCPs with Low Thermal Coefficient of Resistance$150K
Jun 2017Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Time of Flight Proton Radiography for Proton Therapy Imaging$244K
Apr 2017Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Development of Gen-II LAPPDTM Systems For Nuclear Physics Experiments$1.0M
Jun 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Resistive coatings for high-performance, low-background MCPs operating across broad temperature ranges and at cryogenic temperatures$150K
Apr 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Development of Gen-II LAPPDTM Systems For Nuclear Physics Experiments$150K
Jun 2015Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Curved Microchannel Plates for Spaceflight Mass Spectrometers$125K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 72 peers

Line = median

Semiconductors · Device

Federal grants#10 · top 14%
Granted patents#17 · top 24%
Linked publications#9 · top 13%

Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.

Founders and team

No founders are linked to this company yet.

Founders appear once a person is matched to the company through its own patents, grants or filings. We never infer people from social profiles.

Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

Claim this profile to add your team

What it has protected

USPTO · 6 granted of 21

Feb 6, 2025PendingCore/cladding Structured Filament For Additive Manufacture Of Microstructure ComponentsUSPTOApplication 18585968
Jan 9, 2025PendingIon Barrier Coating For Lead Glass Microchannel Plates And Other ApplicationsUSPTOApplication 18763257
Feb 13, 2024GrantedBarrier CoatingsUSPTOUS 11,901,169

Show all 21 patent records

Core/cladding Structured Filament For Additive Manufacture Of Microstructure ComponentsFeb 6, 2025 · Application 18585968Pending
Ion Barrier Coating For Lead Glass Microchannel Plates And Other ApplicationsJan 9, 2025 · Application 18763257Pending
Barrier CoatingsFeb 13, 2024 · US 11,901,169Granted
Glass Structures And Fabrication Methods Using Laser Induced Deep EtchingAug 25, 2022 · Application 17677082Pending
Forming Polymer Optical Devices By Mold-constrained Relaxation ExpansionMar 22, 2022 · US 11,279,105Granted
Pellet-start Process For Making Transverse Anderson Localization Optical ElementJan 5, 2021 · US 10,884,142Granted
Proton Radiography System Incorporating Time-of-flight MeasurementMar 19, 2019 · US 10,231,679Granted
Wave Guiding Element And Method Of ManufactureAug 21, 2018 · US 10,052,831Granted
X-ray Anti-scatter GridDec 15, 2015 · US 9,213,005Granted
Wave Guiding Element And Method Of ManufactureApplication 62193857Pending
Fiber Optic Interrogated Microslide, Microslide Kits And Uses ThereofApplication PCTUS2006043571Pending
Rhenium-based Atomic Layer Deposition Process For Detector Device ManufactureApplication PCTUS2025056524Pending
Fiber Optic Interrogated Microfluidic DeviceApplication PCTUS2005002087Pending
Core/cladding Structured Filament For Additive Manufacture Of Microstructure ComponentsApplication 63530532Pending
Ion Barrier Coating For Pbo Glass Mcps And Other ApplicationsApplication 63525389Pending
Glass Structures And Fabrication Methods Using Laser Induced Deep EtchingApplication 63151161Pending
Pellet-start Process For Making Transverse Anderson Localization Optical ElementApplication PCTUS2019055580Pending
Forming Polymer Optical Devices By Mold-constrained Relaxation ExpansionApplication PCTUS2019038122Pending
Forming Polymer Optical Devices By Mold-constrained Relaxation ExpansionApplication 62688789Pending
Wave Guiding Element And Method Of ManufactureApplication PCTUS2016042815Pending
Proton Radiography System Incorporating Time-of-flight MeasurementApplication 62306873Pending

Recent research by its founders

HRPPD photosensors for RICH detectors with a high resolution timing capability20256 cites
Advances in the Large Area Picosecond Photo-Detector (LAPPD<sup>TM</sup>): 8" × 8" MCP-PMT with Capacitively Coupled Readout20246 cites
Resistive Coatings for High-performance, Low-background MCPs Operating Across Broad Temperature Ranges and at Cryogenic Temperatures20240 cites

Tortuga Logic, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
StabiLock, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
XIA LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
JULIA JEAN, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
Celero Communications, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
Fab2, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts

Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

How to read this page

Figures show associations in public records, not causes or predictions. Nothing here is investment advice. An em-dash means no record was found under this company's name, not that none exists.

Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.