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Solder Joint Reliability in Microelectronic Packaging

US 8,436,470 In force
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Also listed on Intel Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 28, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Nov 8, 2010 as application 12/941,894 · Granted May 7, 2013
Base term plus 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2006
Term ends
Nov 28, 2026
Granted
May 7, 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
8
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.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 8 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 20, 2006, when application 11/602,914, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 8, 2010)Nov 20, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+8 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 28, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 28, 2026High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 22, 2026
Reel 76518, frame 1
Intel CorporationIntel Foundry IP LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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