153 patents currently held
1 more in force is now held by another company
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
94 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Nov 2026. from the record
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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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Dec 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jan 2034 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Sep 2033 · High confidence
Method of Forming a Fully Substrate-Isolated FinFET Transistor
US 8,956,942
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 118 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data. Protection runs to 2032.
METHOD TO CO-INTEGRATE SiGe AND Si CHANNELS FOR FINFET DEVICES
US 9,685,380
Cited by 52 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034.
Method to Induce Strain in FinFET Channels from an Adjacent Region
US 9,099,559
Cited by 43 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2033.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 2 fees due Dec 6 to 9, 2026 · next Dec 6
- 2 fees due Jan 2 to 28, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 1 fee due Feb 4, 2027The maintenance fee for Method to Induce Strain in FinFET Channels from an Adjacent Region (US 9,099,559) comes due Feb 4, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 4, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Mar 1 to 15, 2027 · next Mar 1
- 2 fees due Jun 22 to 24, 2027 · next Jun 22
- 1 fee due Sep 3, 2027The maintenance fee for Multi-Fin FinFET Device Including Epitaxial Growth Barrier on Outside Surfaces of Outermost Fins and Related Methods (US 10,580,771) comes due Sep 3, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 3, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Oct 2, 2027The maintenance fee for Method to Induce Strain in FinFET Channels from an Adjacent Region (US 11,948,943) comes due Oct 2, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 3, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 14 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 118 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Method to Induce Strain in FinFET Channels from an Adjacent Region | 8 in force | to Sep 2033 |
| Multi-Fin FinFET Device Including Epitaxial Growth Barrier on Outside Surfaces of Outermost Fins and Related Methods | 7 in force | to Jul 2033 |
| METHOD TO CO-INTEGRATE SiGe AND Si CHANNELS FOR FINFET DEVICES | 4 in force | to Jan 2034 |
| Method of Forming a Fully Substrate-Isolated FinFET Transistor | 4 in force | to Dec 2032 |
| Method of Using a Sacrificial Gate Structure to Make a Metal Gate FinFET Transistor | 3 in force | to Jun 2035 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,271,485 | Systems and Methods for Distributing I/O in a Semiconductor Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,429,733 | Method and Sample for Radiation Microscopy Including a Particle Beam Channel Formed in the Sample Source In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,399,648 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Location-Based On-Chip Variation Factor In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,776,648 | High Thermal Performance Packaging for Circuit Dies In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,049,282 | Bipolar Device Having Buried Contacts In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,982,307 | Integrated Circuit Chip Assembly Having Array of Thermally Conductive Features Arranged in Aperture of Circuit Substrate In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,456,498 | Integrated Circuit Package and System Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,689,965 | Generation of an Extracted Timing Model File In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,423,341 | Plastic Overmolded Packages with Mechanically Decoupled Lid Attach Attachment In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,919,354 | Asymmetric Alignment of Substrate Interconnect to Semiconductor Die In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 153: 1 patent in force now held by others · 1,440 patents ended · 89 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
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