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Magnetoresistive Stack and Method of Fabricating Same

US 9,947,865 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Jun 10, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Jan 6, 2017 as application 15/400,889 · Granted Apr 17, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2011
Term ends
Jun 10, 2031
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
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.
9
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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 10, 2011, when application 13/158,171, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 6, 2017)Jun 10, 2031High 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 orderJun 10, 2031High confidence

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Sources

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