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Adhesive/Spacer Island Structure for Stacking Over Wire Bonded Die

US 8,552,551 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on ChipPAC, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Mar 14, 2027 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed May 20, 2005 as application 11/134,845 · Granted Oct 8, 2013
Base term plus 875 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2027
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2004
Term ends
Mar 14, 2027
Granted
Oct 8, 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
875
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 875 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 20, 2004, when application 10/969,116, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 20, 2005); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 20, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+875 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 14, 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 orderMar 14, 2027Medium confidence

This family

Application 60/573,903Provisional application
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Application 10/969,116Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2005/017893PCT application
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US 8,552,551this patent
Mar 2027
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US 8,623,704In force
Jan 2027
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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
Aug 12, 2005
Reel 16396, frame 81
Lee, Sang Ho; Ju, Jong Wook; Karnezos, MarcosChipPAC, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 6, 2015
Reel 36288, frame 748
Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Ltd.Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 6, 2015
Reel 36286, frame 612
ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC, Inc.Stats ChipPAC, Inc.Merger and Change of Name
Apr 7, 2016
Reel 38378, frame 200
Stats ChipPAC Ltd.Stats ChipPAC Pte. LteChange of Name
Jun 4, 2020
Reel 52844, frame 491
Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security AgentStats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Jun 4, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security AgentStats ChipPAC, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 4, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security AgentStats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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