Marlin Semiconductor Limited

361 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

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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 Nov 26, 2026
The maintenance fee for Semiconductor Structure (US 9,041,155) comes due Nov 26, 2026. Unpaid by May 26, 2027, it lapses early.
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7 terms have ended 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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,432,167	Method of Fabricating a Strained Silicon Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor Transistor In force Term ends Jan 10, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 10, 2027	High confidence
US 7,528,045	Mos Transistor and Manufacturing Methods Thereof In force Term ends Jan 31, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 31, 2027	High confidence
US 7,872,292	Capacitance Dielectric Layer and Capacitor In force Term ends Feb 4, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 4, 2027	High confidence
US 7,772,064	Method of Fabricating Self-Aligned Contact In force Term ends Mar 5, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 5, 2027	High confidence
US 8,058,733	Self-Aligned Contact Set In force Term ends Mar 5, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 5, 2027	High confidence
US 7,485,523	Method for Forming High Voltage Device and Semiconductor Device In force Term ends Mar 13, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 13, 2027	High confidence
US 7,527,900	Reticle and Optical Proximity Correction Method In force Term ends Apr 4, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 4, 2027	High confidence
US 7,786,546	System-On-Chip with Shield Rings for Shielding Functional Blocks Therein from Electromagnetic Interference In force Term ends Apr 19, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 19, 2027	High confidence
US 7,745,889	Metal Oxide Semiconductor Transistor with Y Shape Metal Gate In force Term ends Apr 24, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 24, 2027	High confidence
US 7,388,403	Two-Stage Level Shifting Module In force Term ends May 21, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 21, 2027	High confidence

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