Term ends Apr 26, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 10, 2026
Held by Stats ChipPAC, Inc.
Filed Nov 10, 2006 as application 11/595,638 · Granted May 8, 2012
Base term plus 898 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Nov 10, 2006
Nov 10, 2006
Term ends
Apr 26, 2029
Apr 26, 2029
Granted
May 8, 2012
May 8, 2012
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
898
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.
9
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 898 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 Nov 10, 2006, when this application, 11/595,638, was filed | Nov 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +898 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 26, 2029 | 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 | Apr 26, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,174,119 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,133,762 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,193,034 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,742,579 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,525,337 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,263,361 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,385,074 | Term ended no later than Nov 2026 | no later than Nov 2026 |
| US 9,640,504 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
8 of 9 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2006 Reel 18620, frame 724 | Pendse, Rajendra D. | Stats ChipPAC, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 6, 2015 Reel 36288, frame 748 | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 Reel 52844, frame 491 | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 26, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 898 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
114
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 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
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