Term ends Apr 14, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 14, 2029
Held by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed Jan 28, 2011 as application 13/016,313 · Granted Jan 29, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Apr 14, 2009
Apr 14, 2009
Term ends
Apr 14, 2029
Apr 14, 2029
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Jan 29, 2013
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,258,810, to Apr 14, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
246
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Apr 14, 2009, when application 12/423,214, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 28, 2011) | Apr 14, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,258,810) | resolves to Apr 14, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 14, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,384,426 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2021 | Feb 2021 |
| Application 12/577,532 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/706,520 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,964,916 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 |
| US 8,115,511 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2020 | Feb 2020 |
| US 7,960,242 | In force (reinstated) Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 7,986,042 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2019 | Jul 2019 |
| US 8,405,420 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
8 of 246 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2011 Reel 25715, frame 234 | Cronquist, Brian; Beinglass, Israel; De Jong, J. L.; Sekar, Deepak C.; Lim, Paul | Nupga Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2011 Reel 25968, frame 910 | Nupga Corporation | Monolithic 3D Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 1, 2013 Reel 29742, frame 193 | Or-bach, Zvi | Monolithic 3D Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 8, 2020 Reel 54576, frame 686 | Monolithic 3D Inc. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2022 Reel 58625, frame 664 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2026 Reel 73397, frame 890 | Monolithlc 3D™ Inc. | Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 14, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,258,810, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
157
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.