Term ends Jul 25, 2027 · Medium confidence
Statutory term ends Jul 25, 2027
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 10 months
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jul 25, 2007
Jul 25, 2007
Granted
Jun 12, 2012
Jun 12, 2012
Term ends
Jul 25, 2027
Jul 25, 2027
0
Days of PTA
9
Applications in this family
This patent's term is the statutory base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How this date was computed
Every step shows its rule, its 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Jul 25, 2007 | Jul 25, 2027 | High |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,074,034) | resolves to Jul 25, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | in-force | High |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 25, 2027 | Medium |
The computation, verbatim
base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2007-07-25+20y | =2027-07-25 | PTA+0d=2027-07-25 | PTE:none | TD:approved | paid 4yr@2015-12-03,8yr@2019-12-04,12yr@2023-12-06 | status=in-force@2027-07-25 | TD-cap from disclaimer doc (refs 8074034) -> 2027-07-25
terminal disclaimer approved - true expiration may be capped to family sibling
This family
| US 8,074,034 | in-force | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,046,546 | in-force | Aug 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/071051 | pending | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2008/071112 | pending | not computed |
| US 8,200,885 | in-force | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,200,929 | this patent | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,819,368 | in-force | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,812,802 | in-force | Jan 2028 |
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 22, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Sartore, Ronald H. | Agiga Tech Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 23, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Agiga Tech, Inc. | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Merger |
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends. No further fees fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,074,034.
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
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