Term ends Sep 17, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 17, 2029
Filed Dec 29, 2011 as application 13/339,968 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Sep 17, 2009
Sep 17, 2009
Term ends
Sep 17, 2029
Sep 17, 2029
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Jul 22, 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.
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 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 17, 2009, when application 12/562,026, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 29, 2011) | Sep 17, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Sep 17, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,242,876 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,786,396 | this patent Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,558,654 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 |
| Application 14/625,547 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2012 Reel 27573, frame 187 | Leung, Calvin; Le Neel, Olivier | Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 18, 2024 Reel 68433, frame 985 | Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd. | Stmicroelectronics International N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2029
Term ends Sep 17, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
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.
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