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Computer Implemented System and Method for Generating a Layout of a Cell Defining a Circuit Component

US 11,288,432 In force
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Term ends Jan 28, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Arm Limited
Filed Oct 3, 2020 as application 17/062,567 · Granted Mar 29, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2014
Term ends
Jan 28, 2034
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,083,269, US 10,796,053, to Jan 28, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows 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 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 28, 2014, when application 14/165,623, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 3, 2020)Jan 28, 2034High 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 10,083,269, US 10,796,053)resolves to Jan 28, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 28, 2034High 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
Oct 3, 2020
Reel 53967, frame 687
Chen, Andy Wangkun; Chong, Yew Keong; Shore, Tom; Yeung, Gus; Frederick, Marlin Wayne, JR; Thyagarajan, SriramArm LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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