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Nitride Semiconductor Substrate

US 8,637,960 In force
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Term ends Oct 2, 2032 · High confidence

Held by Coorstek GK
Filed Oct 2, 2012 as application 13/633,473 · Granted Jan 28, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Oct 2, 2012
Term ends
Oct 2, 2032
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
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.
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.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Oct 2, 2012, when this application, 13/633,473, was filedOct 2, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderOct 2, 2032High confidence

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
Jan 4, 2013
Reel 29568, frame 325
Abe, Yoshihisa; Komiyama, Jun; Oishi, Hiroshi; Yoshida, Akira; Eriguchi, Kenichi; Suzuki, ShunichiCovalent Materials CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 11, 2016
Reel 38399, frame 880
Covalent Materials CorporationCoorstek KKChange of Name & Address
May 2, 2024
Reel 67565, frame 354
Coorstek KKCoorstek GKChange of Name

Sources

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