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Phase-Error-Compensation Techniques in a Fractional-N PLL Frequency Synthesizer

US 6,960,947 Term ended
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ended Apr 2, 2024 · High confidence

Filed Mar 15, 2004 as application 10/801,502 · Granted Nov 1, 2005
Base term plus 18 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Apr 2, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2004
Term ended
Apr 2, 2024
Granted
Nov 1, 2005
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
18
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.

This patent's term runs 18 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Mar 15, 2004, when this application, 10/801,502, was filedMar 15, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+18 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 2, 2024High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 2, 2024High confidence

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
Jul 13, 2004
Reel 15557, frame 704
Albasini, Guido Gabriele; Milani, Enrico TemporitiStmicroelectronics S.R.L.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2016
Reel 37643, frame 164
Stmicroelectronics S.R.L.ST Wireless S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 2, 2016
Reel 37683, frame 128
ST Wireless S.A.ST-Ericsson S.A.Change of Name
Feb 2, 2016
Reel 37739, frame 493
ST-Ericsson S.A.ST-Ericsson S.A., En LiquidationStatus Change-Entity in Liquidation

Sources

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

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