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Trenched MOS Gate Controlled Rectifier

US 10,854,759 In force
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Term ends Nov 15, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Apr 1, 2016 as application 15/088,192 · Granted Dec 1, 2020
Base term plus 228 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2016
Term ends
Nov 15, 2036
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
228
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
13
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 228 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 1, 2016, when this application, 15/088,192, was filedApr 1, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+228 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 15, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 15, 2036High confidence

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Application PCT/US2015/042776PCT application
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Application 14/856,709Abandoned
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Feb 2036
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Application PCT/US2016/019463PCT application
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Nov 2036
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Apr 2036
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8 of 13 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 23, 2018
Reel 45195, frame 446
Diodes IncorporatedBank of America, N.A., as Admin. AgentSecurity Agreement
Aug 31, 2022
Reel 61364, frame 878
Blair, Peter Hugh; Riley, Lee SpencerDiodes IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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