Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 13, 2023 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 25, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 6, 2034
Filed Jul 29, 2022 as application 17/816,144 · Granted Sep 9, 2025
Base term plus 536 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2036
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014
Term ends
Apr 25, 2036
Apr 25, 2036
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Sep 9, 2025
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
536
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.
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 536 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 Nov 6, 2014, when application 14/534,482, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 29, 2022) | Nov 6, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +536 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 25, 2036 | 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 | Apr 25, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,408,301 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 9,397,017 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2015/048969 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,883,595 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| Application 15/206,612 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,437,304 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,419,217 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 12,414,238 | this patent 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2022 Reel 60673, frame 394 | Lin, Yusheng; Takakusaki, Sadamichi | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2022 Reel 61879, frame 655 | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2023 Reel 64123, frame 1 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation; Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 061879, Frame 0655 |
| 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 061879, Frame 0655 |
| 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 061879, Frame 0655 |
| Jul 13, 2023 Reel 64271, frame 971 | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC; Gtat Corporation | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2036
Term ends Apr 25, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 536 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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