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Semiconductor Device and Wafer with Reference Circuit and Related Methods

US 9,791,346 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 17, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

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Filed Apr 20, 2016 as application 15/133,614 · Granted Oct 17, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 17, 2025
2016 2036
Clock starts
Apr 20, 2016
No longer in force
Oct 17, 2025
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Term would have run to
Apr 20, 2036
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
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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Its term would have run to Apr 20, 2036: 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 Apr 20, 2016, when this application, 15/133,614, was filedApr 20, 2036High 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 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 17, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 17, 2025High confidence

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US 10,180,373In force
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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
Apr 25, 2016
Reel 38368, frame 925
Manouvrier, Jean-robertStmicroelectronics S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 25, 2016
Reel 38369, frame 46
Carpentier, Jean-francois; Lemaitre, Patrick; Baudot, Charles; Borot, BertrandStmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SASAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2023
Reel 63276, frame 569
Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SASStmicroelectronics International N.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2023
Reel 63277, frame 222
Stmicroelectronics S.A.Stmicroelectronics International N.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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