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Variable Dielectric Constant-Based Devices

US 10,199,710 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Feb 5, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jan 31, 2017 as application 15/421,388 · Granted Feb 5, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 20 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Feb 5, 2023
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2017
No longer in force
Feb 5, 2023
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
Term would have run to
Feb 20, 2037
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
20
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
14
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Feb 20, 2037: its 20-year base term plus 20 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 31, 2017, when this application, 15/421,388, was filedJan 31, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+20 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 20, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 5, 2023High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 5, 2023High confidence

This family

US 10,199,710this patent
Feb 2023
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Application PCT/US2017/042450PCT application
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no patent term
US 10,326,205In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
Application PCT/US2017/044045PCT application
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no patent term
US 10,177,453In force
Aug 2037
Aug 2037
Application PCT/US2017/045186PCT application
no patent term
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Application PCT/US2017/049962PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,686,257In force
Jun 2038
Jun 2038
8 of 14 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 10, 2017
Reel 42956, frame 298
Haziza, Dedi DavidWafer LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2020
Reel 54232, frame 958
Wafer LLCWafer LLC; Sderotech, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Wafer LLCWafer LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Wafer LLCSderotech, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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