Term ends Jul 19, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 14, 2029
Held by Dialog Semiconductor Inc.
Filed Dec 19, 2013 as application 14/135,039 · Granted Mar 3, 2015
Base term plus 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jul 14, 2009
Jul 14, 2009
Term ends
Jul 19, 2029
Jul 19, 2029
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Mar 3, 2015
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
5
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
4
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 5 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jul 14, 2009, when application 12/503,063, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2013) | Jul 14, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +5 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 19, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 19, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,222,832 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,643,303 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,970,135 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,084,325 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2014 Reel 32391, frame 234 | Iwatt Inc. | Dialog Semiconductor, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 11, 2014 Reel 32427, frame 733 | Dialog Semiconductor, Inc. | Dialog Semiconductor Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 19, 2029.
Note
The 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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.