Term ends Jul 19, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 17, 2029
Filed Sep 17, 2009 as application 12/562,026 · Granted Aug 14, 2012
Base term plus 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Sep 17, 2009
Sep 17, 2009
Term ends
Jul 19, 2030
Jul 19, 2030
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Aug 14, 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
305
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.
5
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 305 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 Sep 17, 2009, when this application, 12/562,026, was filed | Sep 17, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +305 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 19, 2030 | 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 | Jul 19, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,242,876 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,786,396 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,558,654 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 |
| Application 14/625,547 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 4, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | Le Neel, Olivier; Wang, Fuchao; Arnoux, Michel; Niu, Chengyu; Dumont-girard, Pascale | Stmicroelectronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | Le Neel, Olivier; Wang, Fuchao; Arnoux, Michel; Niu, Chengyu; Dumont-girard, Pascale | Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2009 Reel 23609, frame 178 | Le Neel, Olivier; Dumont-girard, Pascale; Niu, Chengyu; Wang, Fuchao; Arnoux, Michel | Stmicroelectronics, Inc.; Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2015 Reel 36146, frame 939 | Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS; Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS | Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jul 21, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Arnoux, Michel; Dumont-girard, Pascale; Wang, Fuchao; Le Neel, Olivier; Niu, Chengyu | Stmicroelectronics, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Second Receiving Party's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 023609 Frame: 0178. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jul 21, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Arnoux, Michel; Dumont-girard, Pascale; Wang, Fuchao; Le Neel, Olivier; Niu, Chengyu | Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Second Receiving Party's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 023609 Frame: 0178. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jul 21, 2015 Reel 36142, frame 941 | Le Neel, Olivier; Dumont-girard, Pascale; Niu, Chengyu; Wang, Fuchao; Arnoux, Michel | Stmicroelectronics, Inc.; Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Second Receiving Party's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 023609 Frame: 0178. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 19, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
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