Micrel, Inc.
116 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
Recorded under 2 name spellings.
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Ending by 2030
Mar 2029
Next term end
When these terms end
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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 28, 2027The maintenance fee for Adaptive Pause Time Energy Efficient Ethernet Phy (US 9,094,197) comes due Jan 28, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 28, 2027, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 13 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.
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| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,759,923 | Current Sensing in a Buck-Boost Switching Regulator Using Integrally Embedded PMOS Devices In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,094,197 | Adaptive Pause Time Energy Efficient Ethernet Phy In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,823,279 | Current sensing using a metal-on-passivation layer on an integrated circuit die In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record |
Also on record, not counted in the 3: 116 patents in force now held by others · 63 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 241 ended at full term · 4 surrendered on reissue. List them
Sources and methods
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How this record was built
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Published applications
US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.
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