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Sound Transducer Structure and Method for Manufacturing a Sound Transducer Structure

US 8,542,853 In force
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Term ends Jun 17, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Mar 22, 2011 as application 13/069,166 · Granted Sep 24, 2013
Base term plus 193 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Dec 6, 2006
Term ends
Jun 17, 2027
Granted
Sep 24, 2013
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
193
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.
6
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This patent's term runs 193 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 6, 2006, when application 11/634,810, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 22, 2011)Dec 6, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+193 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 17, 2027High 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 orderJun 17, 2027High confidence

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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
Aug 26, 2013
Reel 31083, frame 286
Dehe, Alfons; Barzen, Stefan; Fueldner, MarcInfineon Technologies AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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