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Analog-To-Digital Converter Circuit and Method for Analog-To-Digital Conversion

US 10,804,916 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Material Sciences Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Mar 16, 2038 · High confidence

Held by AMS-OSRAM AG
Filed Sep 17, 2019 as application 16/494,829 · Granted Oct 13, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Mar 16, 2018
Term ends
Mar 16, 2038
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
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.
1 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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 16, 2018, when application PCT/EP2018/056636, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 17, 2019)Mar 16, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 16, 2038High confidence

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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
Sep 19, 2019
Reel 50430, frame 982
Bortell, Peter Isaac; Tullis, Bryan JosephProductive Research LLC; Material Sciences CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 19, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Bortell, Peter Isaac; Tullis, Bryan JosephProductive Research LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 19, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Bortell, Peter Isaac; Tullis, Bryan JosephMaterial Sciences CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 1, 2019
Reel 50894, frame 559
Xhakoni, Adi; Ruythooren, KoenAMS AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 31, 2026
Reel 76497, frame 161
AMS AGAMS-OSRAM AGChange of Name

Sources

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