Term ends Jan 16, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 20, 2024
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Stats ChipPAC Pte. Lte
Filed Sep 11, 2006 as application 11/530,841 · Granted Jan 7, 2014
Base term plus 818 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2004
Oct 20, 2004
Term ends
Jan 16, 2027
Jan 16, 2027
Granted
Jan 7, 2014
Jan 7, 2014
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
818
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 818 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 20, 2004, when application 10/969,116, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 11, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 20, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +818 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 16, 2027 | 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 | Jan 16, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 60/573,903 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 10/969,116 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2005/017893 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,552,551 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,623,704 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2015 Reel 36288, frame 748 | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Security 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. Lte | Change of Name |
| Jun 4, 2020 Reel 52844, frame 491 | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats 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 Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats 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
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 16, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 818 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.