Planar Semiconductor, Inc.
Single wafer cleaning systems for semiconductor manufacturing
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- FREMONT, CA
- Latest Form D
- $325K, Feb 2013
- Total capital
- $325K
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $325K
- 1 Form D · last Feb 2013
- 165 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 4
- 3 pending · first 2020
- Rank in peer group#72 of 224
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$325K
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Standing among 224 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Granted patents#72 · top 32%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Jonathan MeyersDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rob RandhawaExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 4 granted of 7- GrantedSubnanometer-level Light-based Substrate Cleaning MechanismUSPTOUS 11,069,521
- GrantedSub-nanometer-level Substrate Cleaning MechanismUSPTOUS 10,985,039
- GrantedRemoval Of Process EffluentsUSPTOUS 10,892,172
Show all 7 patent records
- Subnanometer-level Light-based Substrate Cleaning MechanismJul 20, 2021 · US 11,069,521Granted
- Sub-nanometer-level Substrate Cleaning MechanismApr 20, 2021 · US 10,985,039Granted
- Removal Of Process EffluentsJan 12, 2021 · US 10,892,172Granted
- Cleaning Flat Objects With A Pulsed-liquid JetNov 10, 2020 · US 10,828,677Granted
- Removal Of Process EffluentsApplication PCTUS2018017014Pending
- Subnanometer-level Light-based Substrate Cleaning MechanismApplication PCTUS2018016860Pending
- Sub-nanometer-level Substrate Cleaning MechanismApplication PCTUS2018015924Pending
Related companies, and why
- Vive IncSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
- Aurora Semiconductor, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
- aPeak Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
- LiFi Labs Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
- QUANTASPEC, INC.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
- Inertial Sense, 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.
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Data freshness
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