Expired Dec 31, 2024
Statutory term ends Feb 10, 2023
Filed Feb 10, 2003 · Granted Oct 23, 2007
Base term plus 690 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Term ended Dec 31, 2024
2003
2026
Clock starts
Feb 10, 2003
Feb 10, 2003
Term ended
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024
Granted
Oct 23, 2007
Oct 23, 2007
690
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO PTA record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Windows the record shows paid, at 4, 8 and 12 years from grant.
12
Applications in this family
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain.
This patent's term runs 690 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Feb 10, 2003 | Feb 10, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +690 days, USPTO PTA record | Dec 31, 2024 | 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 | Expired (term) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 31, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,286,617 | this patent | Dec 2024 |
| US 7,961,833 | Lapsed (fee unpaid) | Jun 2019 |
| US 7,609,117 | In force | May 2028 |
| US 6,960,947 | Expired (term) | Apr 2024 |
| US 7,623,270 | In force | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,117,251 | In force | Oct 2030 |
| US 7,991,942 | In force | Oct 2027 |
| US 7,882,301 | In force | Jun 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2003 Reel 14101, frame 216 | Vanderperren, Yves | Stmicroelectronics N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Dehaene, Wim; Vanderperren, Yves | Stmicroelectronics N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2003 Reel 14694, frame 886 | Vanderperren, Yves; Dehaene, Wim | Stmicroelectronics N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2022 Reel 62201, frame 917 | Stmicroelectronics N.V. | Stmicroelectronics International N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
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