Integrated circuit color chip with cells with integral color filters including triplets of photodiodes with each having integrated therewith transistors for reading from and writing to the photodiode and methods of manufacture and operation thereof
US 6,133,954 Term endedTerm ended Mar 14, 2016 · From the USPTO record
20-year base term ended Mar 14, 2016
Mar 14, 1996
Mar 14, 2016
Oct 17, 2000
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| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 14, 1996, when this application, 08/616,139, was filed | Mar 14, 2016 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 14, 2016 | From the USPTO record |
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