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Memory Component with Pattern Register Circuitry to Provide Data Patterns for Calibration

US 9,367,248 Term ended
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Term ended Oct 22, 2022 · High confidence

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jul 22, 2024.

Filed Jun 22, 2015 as application 14/745,746 · Granted Jun 14, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 22, 2022
2002 2026
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2002
Term ended
Oct 22, 2022
Granted
Jun 14, 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.
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Maintenance fees paid
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 22, 2002, when application 10/278,708, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 22, 2015)Oct 22, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Jul 22, 2024, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 22, 2022High confidence

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US 10,192,609Term ended
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 25, 2015
Reel 35908, frame 362
Hampel, Craig E.; Perego, Richard E.; Sidiropoulos, Stefanos S.; Tsern, Ely K.; Ware, Frederick A.Rambus Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 2, 2021
Reel 58298, frame 836
Rambus Inc.Highlands LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 10, 2021
Reel 58956, frame 139
Highlands LLCRampart Asset Management, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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