Term ended Nov 10, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 10, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Stats ChipPAC Pte. Lte.
Filed Apr 13, 2012 as application 13/446,863 · Granted Feb 16, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 10, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 10, 2006
Nov 10, 2006
Term ended
Nov 10, 2026
Nov 10, 2026
Granted
Feb 16, 2016
Feb 16, 2016
base term
after the term ends
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.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
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. 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 Nov 10, 2006, when application 11/595,638, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 13, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 10, 2026 | 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 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 10, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,174,119 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,133,762 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,193,034 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,742,579 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,525,337 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,263,361 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,385,074 | Term ended no later than Nov 2026 | no later than Nov 2026 |
| US 9,640,504 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 53511, frame 298 | 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. |
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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