Term ends Feb 23, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 23, 2036
Held by Empower Semiconductor, Inc.
Filed Mar 26, 2024 as application 18/617,497 · Granted Apr 22, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2016
Feb 23, 2016
Term ends
Feb 23, 2036
Feb 23, 2036
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Apr 22, 2025
base term
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 11,159,086, to Feb 23, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Feb 23, 2016, when applications 15/051,419 and 15/051,661, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Mar 26, 2024) | Feb 23, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,159,086) | resolves to Feb 23, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Feb 23, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,389,240 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 9,843,258 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 11,159,086 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 11,664,730 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 11,962,242 | In force no later than Feb 2036 | no later than Feb 2036 |
| US 12,283,889 | this patent Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| Application 19/169,969 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2024 Reel 66909, frame 54 | Phillips, Timothy Alan | Empower Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2036
Term ends Feb 23, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,159,086, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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