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Method for Erasing Memory Cells in a Flash Memory Device Using a Positive Well Bias Voltage and a Negative Word Line Voltage

US 10,923,194 In force
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Also listed on Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 14, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Sep 26, 2019 as application 16/583,352 · Granted Feb 16, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2006
Term ends
Dec 14, 2026
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,468,109, US 9,214,233, to Dec 14, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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Maintenance fees paid
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 14, 2006, when application 11/610,573, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2019)Dec 14, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,468,109, US 9,214,233)resolves to Dec 14, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 14, 2026High confidence

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US 10,923,194this patent
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US 11,594,281In force
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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
Oct 19, 2021
Reel 58297, frame 486
Conversant Intellectual Property Inc.MOSAID Technologies IncorporatedChange of Name
Aug 29, 2023
Reel 64746, frame 547
Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc.MOSAID Technologies IncorporatedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party's Name Previously Recorded on Reel 058297 Frame 0486. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.

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