Lapsed May 24, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 23, 2029
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Infineon Technologies AG
Filed Jan 6, 2014 as application 14/148,585 · Granted May 24, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 24, 2024
2009
2029
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2009
Dec 23, 2009
No longer in force
May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
Granted
May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016
Term would have run to
Dec 23, 2029
Dec 23, 2029
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.
1 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.
6
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Dec 23, 2029: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 23, 2009, when application 12/645,969, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 6, 2014) | Dec 23, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 24, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 24, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,278,749 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 8,460,967 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 8,624,381 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,349,696 | this patent May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 10,121,751 | Grace period ended Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 10,692,824 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
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