Term ends Jan 10, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2028
Held by Stats ChipPAC Pte. Lte.
Filed Jul 26, 2011 as application 13/191,318 · Granted Jul 14, 2015
Base term plus 29 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2008
Dec 12, 2008
Term ends
Jan 10, 2029
Jan 10, 2029
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Jul 14, 2015
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
29
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.
11
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 29 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 Dec 12, 2008, when application 12/333,977, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 26, 2011) | Dec 12, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +29 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 10, 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 | Jan 10, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,642,128 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,796,846 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,082,806 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,592,992 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,293,401 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,064,936 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,994,185 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,401,331 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
8 of 11 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 26, 2011 Reel 26652, frame 670 | Lin, Yaojian; Chen, Kang | Stats ChipPAC, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 6, 2015 Reel 36288, frame 748 | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 7, 2016 Reel 38378, frame 427 | Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Lte. | Change of Name |
| Jun 17, 2020 Reel 53476, frame 94 | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 17, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 17, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 30, 2024 Reel 67567, frame 378 | Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Data from Stats Chippac Pte. LTE. to Stats Chippac Pte. LTD. Previously Recorded at Reel: 38378 Frame: 427. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 10, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 29 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
193
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.