Also listed on Microchip Technology Rousset, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 14, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2027
Filed Dec 17, 2007 as application 11/958,200 · Granted Aug 31, 2010
Base term plus 302 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2007
Dec 17, 2007
Term ends
Oct 14, 2028
Oct 14, 2028
Granted
Aug 31, 2010
Aug 31, 2010
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
302
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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 302 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 17, 2007, when this application, 11/958,200, was filed | Dec 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +302 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 14, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 14, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,788,550 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/086880 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2008 Reel 21365, frame 130 | Merandat, Marc; Fusella, Yves | Atmel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 17, 2010 Reel 24097, frame 324 | Atmel Corporation | Atmel Rousset S.A.S. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 25, 2026 Reel 76580, frame 682 | Atmel Rousset | Microchip Technology Rousset S.A.S. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 14, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 302 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.