Term ends Jul 8, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 31, 2033
Held by Bell Semiconductor, LLC
Filed May 30, 2019 as application 16/426,579 · Granted Jun 6, 2023
Base term plus 38 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
May 31, 2013
May 31, 2013
Term ends
Jul 8, 2033
Jul 8, 2033
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Jun 6, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
38
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
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.
5
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 38 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 31, 2013, when application 13/907,613, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 30, 2019) | May 31, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +38 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 8, 2033 | 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 | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 8, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,685,380 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,847,260 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 10,340,195 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 11,670,554 | this patent Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| Application 18/306,524 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2021 Reel 57791, frame 514 | Stmicroelectronics, Inc. | Stmicroelectronics International N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 58298, frame 235 | Stmicroelectronics International N.V. | Bell Semiconductor, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2033
Term ends Jul 8, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 38 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.