Term ends Apr 3, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 3, 2037
Filed Apr 3, 2017 as application 15/477,288 · Granted Jul 3, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2017
Apr 3, 2017
Term ends
Apr 3, 2037
Apr 3, 2037
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018
base term
fee events
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
46
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 3, 2017, when this application, 15/477,288, was filed | Apr 3, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 3, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,103,322 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 9,871,195 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 10,014,465 | this patent Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 9,935,261 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 9,972,777 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,069,064 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 10,043,851 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,319,398 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
8 of 46 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2017 Reel 42139, frame 734 | Liu, Huanlong; Lee, Yuan-jen; Zhu, Jian; Jan, Guenole; Thomas, Luc; Wang, Po-kang; Tong, Ru-ying; Iwata, Jodi Mari | Headway Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2019 Reel 48692, frame 917 | Headway Technologies, Inc. | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2037
Term ends Apr 3, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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