Tower Semiconductor Ltd.
9 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.
28
Ending by 2030
Feb 2027
Next term end
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
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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.
- 2 fees due Jan 11 to 14, 2027 · next Jan 11
- 2 fees due Feb 11, 2027
- 1 fee due Apr 13, 2027The maintenance fee for Shared readout low noise global shutter image sensor (US 9,160,956) comes due Apr 13, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 13, 2027, it lapses early.
- 3 fees due Jun 8 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 8
- 3 fees due Jul 5 to 19, 2027 · next Jul 5
- 2 fees due Aug 9, 2027
- 1 fee due Sep 17, 2027The maintenance fee for Apparatus and system of a low-voltage detector (US 10,591,518) comes due Sep 17, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 17, 2028, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Oct 16 to 21, 2027 · next Oct 16
- 4 fees due Nov 3 to 7, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- 5 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 2 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 7,544,557 | Gate defined Schottky diode In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,485,941 | Cobalt silicide schottky diode on isolated well In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,501,573 | High-resolution integrated X-ray CMOS image sensor In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,479,916 | High resolution column-based analog-to-digital converter with wide input voltage range for dental X-ray CMOS image sensor In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,609,093 | Comparator with low supply current spike and input offset cancellation In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,004,237 | Battery power supply with bidirectional battery charge controller In force (reinstated) · From the USPTO record | In force (reinstated) | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,407,104 | Battery powered charger In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,749,874 | Deep implant self-aligned to polysilicon gate In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,737,390 | Horizontal row drivers for CMOS image sensor with tiling on three edges In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,948,020 | Asymmetric single poly NMOS non-volatile memory cell In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record |
Also on record, not counted in the 117: 9 patents in force now held by others · 20 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 64 ended at full term. List them
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
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.
4 pending · 2 abandoned · 15 no status recorded