Also listed on Microchip Technology Rousset, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 5, 2028 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Microchip Technology Rousset S.A.S.

Filed May 24, 2007 as application 11/753,423 · Granted Oct 26, 2010

Base term plus 439 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Aug 5, 2028

2007 2028

Clock starts
May 24, 2007

Term ends
Aug 5, 2028

Granted
Oct 26, 2010

base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

439

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.

This patent's term runs 439 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

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.

Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts May 24, 2007, when this application, 11/753,423, was filed	May 24, 2027	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+439 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Aug 5, 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	Aug 5, 2028	High confidence

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
May 24, 2007 Reel 19340, frame 889	Guiramand, Jean-francois	Atmel Corporation	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 29, 2008 Reel 21025, frame 386	Guiramand, Jean-francois	Atmel Corporation	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 3, 2008 Reel 21034, frame 392	Guiramand, Jean-francois	Atmel Corporation	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 10, 2010 Reel 24055, frame 850	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

Aug 2028

Term ends Aug 5, 2028. No further fees fall due before then

Note

The 439 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

later US patent cites 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.

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