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Substrate Structures and Methods of Manufacture

US 11,419,217 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 13, 2023 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Feb 17, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jan 11, 2018 as application 15/868,747 · Granted Aug 16, 2022
Base term plus 834 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2037
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2014
Term ends
Feb 17, 2037
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
base term patent term adjustment 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
834
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
9
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 runs 834 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 6, 2014, when application 14/534,482, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 11, 2018)Nov 6, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+834 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 17, 2037High 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 orderFeb 17, 2037High confidence

This family

US 9,408,301In force
Nov 2034
Nov 2034
US 9,397,017In force
Nov 2034
Nov 2034
Application PCT/US2015/048969PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,883,595In force
Nov 2034
Nov 2034
Application 15/206,612Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 11,437,304In force
Mar 2037
Mar 2037
US 11,419,217this patent
Feb 2037
Feb 2037
US 12,414,238In force
Apr 2036
Apr 2036
8 of 9 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
Jan 11, 2018
Reel 44602, frame 707
Lin, Yusheng; Takakusaki, SadamichiSemiconductor Components Industries, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 6, 2018
Reel 47734, frame 68
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCDeutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 23, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral AgentSemiconductor Components Industries, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 047734, Frame 0068
Jun 23, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral AgentFairchild Semiconductor CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 047734, Frame 0068
Jun 23, 2023
Reel 64160, frame 27
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral AgentSemiconductor Components Industries, LLC; Fairchild Semiconductor CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 047734, Frame 0068
Jul 13, 2023
Reel 64271, frame 971
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC; Gtat CorporationJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest

Sources

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

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