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Folding Sequential Adaptive Equalizer

US 8,755,427 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 17, 2016 (HSBC Bank USA, National Association).

Term ends Nov 18, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Jan 3, 2013 as application 13/733,296 · Granted Jun 17, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Nov 18, 2008
Term ends
Nov 18, 2028
Granted
Jun 17, 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.
2
Family applications on record here
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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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 18, 2008, when application 12/272,851, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 3, 2013)Nov 18, 2028High 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 orderNov 18, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,351,493In force
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US 8,755,427this patent
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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
May 2, 2013
Reel 30341, frame 99
Semtech Corporation; Semtech New York Corporation; Sierra Monolithics, Inc.HSBC Bank USA, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Jun 5, 2013
Reel 30550, frame 727
Shakiba, Hossein; Shashaani, MansourGennum CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 7, 2013
Reel 30563, frame 943
Gennum CorporationSemtech Canada Inc.Change of Name
Jun 7, 2013
Reel 30574, frame 817
Semtech Canada Inc.Semtech Canada CorporationChange of Name
Nov 17, 2016
Reel 40646, frame 799
Semtech Corporation; Semtech New York Corporation; Sierra Monolithics, Inc.; Semtech Ev, Inc.; Triune Systems, L.l.c.; Triune IP, LLCHSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 17, 2023
Reel 62781, frame 544
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Resigning AgentJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor AgentAssignment of Patent Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040646/0799)
Jul 8, 2026
Reel 76304, frame 621
Semtech Corporation; Semtech Photonics Corporation; Sierra Monolithics, Inc.; Sierra Wireless America, Inc.; Triune Systems, L.l.c.; Triune IP, LLCMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026
Reel 76364, frame 527
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Semtech Corporation; Sierra Monolithics, Inc.; Semtech Ev, Inc.; Triune Systems, L.l.c.; Triune IP, LLC; Semtech New York CorporationRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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