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In-Hierarchy Circuit Analysis and Modification

US 9,536,036 In force
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Also listed on Atoptech, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 30, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Jun 24, 2014 as application 14/313,875 · Granted Jan 3, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
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Clock starts
Aug 30, 2010
Term ends
Aug 30, 2030
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Jan 3, 2017
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Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 30, 2010, when application 12/871,734, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 24, 2014)Aug 30, 2030High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 30, 2030High confidence

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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 20, 2017
Reel 42761, frame 354
Tzeng, Ping-sanAtoptech, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 20, 2017
Reel 42761, frame 478
Atoptech, Inc.Avatar Integrated Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 16, 2020
Reel 53224, frame 268
Avatar Integrated Systems, Inc.Mentor Graphics CorporationSecurity Interest
Aug 21, 2020
Reel 53558, frame 632
Mentor Graphics CorporationAvatar Integrated Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 2, 2020
Reel 54514, frame 76
Avatar Integrated Systems, Inc.; Siemens Industry Software Inc.Siemens Industry Software Inc.Merger and Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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