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Digital-To-Analog Controller-Referenced Touch Sensing System, and Related Systems, Methods, and Devices

US 11,221,708 in-force Microchip Technology Incorporated · Filed Apr 9, 2019 · Granted Jan 11, 2022

Also listed on Microchip Touch Solutions Limited, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Apr 9, 2039

Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires Apr 2039
2019 2039
Clock starts
Apr 9, 2019
Granted
Jan 11, 2022
Term ends
Apr 9, 2039
base term fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
0
Days of PTA
4
Applications in this family

This patent's term is the statutory base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Apr 9, 2019Apr 9, 2039High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 9, 2039High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2019-04-09+20y | =2039-04-09 | PTA+0d=2039-04-09 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2025-06-20 | status=in-force@2039-04-09

This family

Application 62/785,141pendingnot computed
US 11,221,708this patentApr 2039
Application PCT/US2019/058233pendingnot computed
US 12,147,626in-forceApr 2039

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
Apr 11, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Collins, Richard P.Microchip Touch Solutions LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 11, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Jonsson, Fredrik; Portman, Lionel NicolasMicrochip Technology IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 24, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Microchip Touch Solutions LimitedMicrochip Technology IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 24, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Atmel Corporation; Microchip Technology Inc.; Microsemi Corporation; Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc.; Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
May 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as Administrative AgentMicrochip Technology Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as Administrative AgentSilicon Storage Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as Administrative AgentAtmel CorporationRelease of Security Interest
May 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as Administrative AgentMicrosemi CorporationRelease of Security Interest
May 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as Administrative AgentMicrosemi Storage Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Atmel Corporation; Microchip Technology Inc.; Microsemi Corporation; Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc.; Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Atmel Corporation; Microchip Technology Inc.; Microsemi Corporation; Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc.; Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Dec 24, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Atmel Corporation; Microchip Technology Incorporated; Microsemi Corporation; Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc.; Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
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