Term ends Aug 23, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 23, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Aug 20, 2019 as application 16/545,139 · Granted Mar 16, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Aug 23, 2016
Aug 23, 2016
Term ends
Aug 23, 2036
Aug 23, 2036
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Mar 16, 2021
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.
53
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 23, 2016, when application 15/244,737, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 20, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 23, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 23, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,079,199 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,529,576 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,319,639 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,748,850 | In force Mar 2038 | Mar 2038 |
| US 10,741,487 | In force Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
| US 10,446,480 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,763,173 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,950,534 | this patent Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
8 of 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2019 Reel 50098, frame 92 | Seddon, Michael J.; Carney, Francis J. | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 26, 2019 Reel 51145, frame 62 | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 3, 2019 Reel 51170, frame 781 | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC; Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Exclusion of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation of Conveying Party Previously Recorded on Reel 051145 Frame 0062. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jun 23, 2023 Reel 64079, frame 474 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC; Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 051145, Frame 0062 |
| Jun 23, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 051145, Frame 0062 |
| Jun 23, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 051145, Frame 0062 |
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What's changing
Aug 2036
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Citations
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