Term ends Dec 1, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 23, 2032
Held by Stats ChipPAC Pte. Lte.
Filed Jul 9, 2014 as application 14/326,789 · Granted Jan 9, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 23, 2012
Mar 23, 2012
Term ends
Dec 1, 2028
Dec 1, 2028
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Jan 9, 2018
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,810,024.
2 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.
10
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 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 Mar 23, 2012, when application 13/429,119, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 9, 2014) | Mar 23, 2032 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,810,024) | capped to Dec 1, 2028 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 1, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,810,024 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| Application 13/477,982 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 61/808,601 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,837,303 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 10,049,964 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,842,798 | In force no later than Mar 2032 | no later than Mar 2032 |
| US 9,865,525 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 10,446,479 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
8 of 10 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 6, 2015 Reel 36288, frame 748 | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 7, 2016 Reel 38378, frame 382 | Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Lte. | Change of Name |
| Jun 16, 2020 Reel 52963, frame 546 | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 16, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 16, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 6, 2023 Reel 64869, frame 363 | Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. | This Submission Is to Correct a Typographical Error in the Cover Sheet Previously Recorded on Reel: 038378 Frame: 0382 to Correct the Spelling of Assignee's Name from "Stats Chippac Pte. LTE." to "Stats Chippac Pte. Ltd." |
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 1, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,810,024.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
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