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Magnetoresistive Stack and Method of Fabricating Same

US RE50,331 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jun 10, 2031 · Low confidence

Reissue of US 10,622,554, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.

Filed Apr 8, 2022 as application 17/658,470 · Granted Mar 4, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2011
Term ends
Jun 10, 2031
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,199,574, US 10,347,828, US 9,418,208, to Jun 10, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from the original patent's grant (Apr 14, 2020). 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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Apr 8, 2022)Jun 10, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainA reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustmentfollows the original patentMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNo term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is addedno changeMedium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,199,574, US 10,347,828, US 9,418,208)resolves to Jun 10, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 10, 2031Low confidence

This family

US 8,686,484In force
Dec 2031
Dec 2031
US 9,159,906In force
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
US 9,553,258In force
no later than Jun 2031
no later than Jun 2031
US 9,947,865In force
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
US 10,199,574In force
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
US 10,347,828In force
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
US 10,622,554Surrendered on reissue
Mar 2025
Mar 2025
US RE50,331this patent
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
8 of 9 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 18, 2024
Reel 67758, frame 929
Whig, Renu; Slaughter, Jon; Rizzo, Nicholas; Sun, Jijun; Mancoff, Frederick; Houssameddine, DimitriEverspin Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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