Also listed on SCT Technology, Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 13, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 13, 2035
Held by SCT Ltd.
Filed Dec 6, 2016 as application 15/370,786 · Granted Aug 29, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2015
Jul 13, 2015
Term ends
Jul 13, 2035
Jul 13, 2035
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Aug 29, 2017
base term
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 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 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
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 Jul 13, 2015, when application 14/798,034, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 6, 2016) | Jul 13, 2035 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 13, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,812,059 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US 9,747,872 | this patent Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 9,704,430 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2016 Reel 40539, frame 97 | Li, Eric; Chen, Juinn-yan; Chiou, Shean-yih; Tang, Shang-kuan | SCT Technology, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 23, 2018 Reel 46422, frame 356 | SCT Technology, Ltd. | SCT Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 17, 2023 Reel 64929, frame 302 | Siliconcore Technology, Inc. | Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. | License |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2035
Term ends Jul 13, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.