Term ends Jun 6, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Jul 2, 2014 as application 14/322,244 · Granted Dec 20, 2016
Base term plus 265 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2012
Sep 14, 2012
Term ends
Jun 6, 2033
Jun 6, 2033
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Dec 20, 2016
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
265
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.
3
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 265 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Sep 14, 2012, when application 13/618,967, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 2, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 14, 2032 | 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 | +265 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 6, 2033 | 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 | Jun 6, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,976,151 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,523,725 | this patent Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
2 of 3 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 4, 2014 Reel 33455, frame 811 | Tan, Kien Beng; Lasalandra, Ernesto; Ungaretti, Tommaso; Guedon, Yannick; Guo, Dianbo; Angelini, Paolo; Tripoli, Giovanni Carlo | Stmicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.; Stmicroelectronics S.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Angelini, Paolo; Lasalandra, Ernesto; Ungaretti, Tommaso; Guedon, Yannick; Guo, Dianbo; Tan, Kien Beng; Tripoli, Giovanni Carlo | Stmicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Angelini, Paolo; Lasalandra, Ernesto; Ungaretti, Tommaso; Guedon, Yannick; Guo, Dianbo; Tan, Kien Beng; Tripoli, Giovanni Carlo | Stmicroelectronics S.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 7, 2022 Reel 60126, frame 592 | Stmicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. | Stmicroelectronics International N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 7, 2022 Reel 60301, frame 355 | Stmicroelectronics S.R.L. | Stmicroelectronics International N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2033
Term ends Jun 6, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 265 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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.