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Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc.

121 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Previously recorded as Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc. (to 2025)

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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.
  • 1 fee due Jan 11, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Apparatus for noise reduction in audio signal processing (US 11,699,423) comes due Jan 11, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 12, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 4 fees due Feb 15 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 15
  • 7 fees due Mar 3 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 3
  • 1 fee due Apr 3, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for determining initial rotor position of permanent magnet synchronous motor according to phase current differences and line current differences and associated motor device (US 11,777,424) comes due Apr 3, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 4, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Memory test system and method (US 9,229,059) comes due Jul 5, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 5, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 6, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Semiconductor device with contact check circuitry (US 11,892,521) comes due Aug 6, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 7, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 5 fees due Sep 1 to 29, 2027 · next Sep 1
  • 3 fees due Oct 9 to 26, 2027 · next Oct 9

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Recent changes

  • 3 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 9,047,977Circuit and Method for Outputting Refresh Execution Signal in Memory Device
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,649,236Circuit and method for controlling leakage current in random access memory devices
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,693,266Apparatus and method for trimming reference cell in semiconductor memory device
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,698,479Bandgap reference circuit for providing reference voltage
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,995,100Configurable electrostatic discharging power clamp and related integrated circuit
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,913,442Circuit for sensing MLC flash memory
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,817,564Circuit for sensing multi-level cell
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,995,187Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device programmable via overlapping pulse signals
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,848,476Flash memory device and associated charge pump circuit
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,773,186Duty cycle correction circuit
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

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