Also listed on Microchip Touch Solutions Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 19, 2044 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 10, 2042
Filed Oct 10, 2022 as application 17/962,629 · Granted Apr 28, 2026
Base term plus 648 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2022
2044
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2022
Oct 10, 2022
Term ends
Jul 19, 2044
Jul 19, 2044
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
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
648
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
2
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 648 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 10, 2022, when this application, 17/962,629, was filed | Oct 10, 2042 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +648 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 19, 2044 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 19, 2044 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 63/400,431 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,616,059 | this patent Jul 2044 | Jul 2044 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2022 Reel 61632, frame 568 | Tremlett, Piers; Chenery, Dan; Syrigos, Stylianos | Microchip Touch Solutions Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2022 Reel 61898, frame 442 | Tremlett, Piers; Chenery, Dan; Syrigos, Stylianos | Microchip Technology Caldicot Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 061632 Frame: 0568. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2044
Term ends Jul 19, 2044. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 648 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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