Term ends Jun 17, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 3, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
Filed Jun 29, 2007 as application 11/771,252 · Granted Aug 19, 2014
Base term plus 806 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2007
Apr 3, 2007
Term ends
Jun 17, 2029
Jun 17, 2029
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 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
806
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.
18
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 806 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 Apr 3, 2007, when application 11/695,983, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 3, 2027 | 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 | +806 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 17, 2029 | 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 | Jun 17, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,626,684 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application 11/744,024 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,031,857 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 9,846,883 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| Application 11/764,524 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,639,563 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 8,812,355 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,031,858 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2007 Reel 19518, frame 264 | Angell, Robert Lee; Kraemer, James R. | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2016 Reel 37591, frame 225 | International Business Machines Corporation | GlobalFoundries U.S. 2 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2016 Reel 37766, frame 371 | GlobalFoundries U.S. 2 LLC; GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | GlobalFoundries Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2018 Reel 49490, frame 1 | GlobalFoundries Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Nov 2, 2020 Reel 54633, frame 1 | GlobalFoundries Inc. | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2020 Reel 54636, frame 1 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | GlobalFoundries Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 12, 2021 Reel 56987, frame 1 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 17, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 806 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
76
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.