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Method of Making a Circuitized Substrate

US 9,756,724 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed Sep 5, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Oct 4, 2011 as application 13/252,256 · Granted Sep 5, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 836 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 5, 2025
2005 2027
Clock starts
Jul 11, 2005
No longer in force
Sep 5, 2025
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Term would have run to
Oct 25, 2027
base term patent term adjustment 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
836
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
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 Oct 25, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 836 days of term 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 11, 2005, when application 11/177,442, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 4, 2011)Jul 11, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+836 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 25, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 5, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 5, 2025High confidence

This family

US 7,342,183Term ended
Nov 2025
Nov 2025
US 7,442,879Term ended
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 8,063,315In force
Aug 2028
Aug 2028
US 7,823,274Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2022
Nov 2022
US 9,756,724this patent
Sep 2025
Sep 2025
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 14, 2012
Reel 28230, frame 798
Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.; Ei Transportation Company LLC; Endicott Medtech, Inc.Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Mar 6, 2013
Reel 29938, frame 823
Pnc Bank, National AssociationIntegrian Holdings, LLCAssignment of Security Agreement
May 6, 2013
Reel 30359, frame 57
Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.; Ei Transportation Company LLC; Endicott Medtech, Inc.; Integrian Holdings, LLCM&T BankSecurity Agreement
Jun 12, 2013
Reel 30599, frame 918
Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.Maines, William; Maines, DavidSecurity Agreement
Jun 12, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.Maines, WilliamSecurity Agreement
Jun 12, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.Maines, DavidSecurity Agreement
Feb 26, 2015
Reel 35098, frame 968
Maines, William; Maines, DavidEndicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 16, 2015
Reel 35442, frame 569
Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.I3 Electronics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 15, 2019
Reel 49758, frame 265
I3 Electronics, Inc.TTM Technologies North America, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 30, 2023
Reel 63804, frame 702
Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentPatent Security Agreement (ABL)
May 30, 2023
Reel 63804, frame 745
Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentPatent Security Agreement (TERM Loan)
Jun 2, 2026
Reel 75679, frame 852
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentTelephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702)
Jun 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentTelephonics CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702)
Jun 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentTTM Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702)
Jun 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentTTM Technologies North America, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702)

Sources

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

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