Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 9, 2013 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Lapsed Mar 11, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 9, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Diodes, Inc.
Filed Jan 9, 2007 as application 11/651,219 · Granted Mar 11, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 11, 2020
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 9, 2007
Jan 9, 2007
No longer in force
Mar 11, 2020
Mar 11, 2020
Granted
Mar 11, 2008
Mar 11, 2008
Term would have run to
Jan 9, 2027
Jan 9, 2027
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
7
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jan 9, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 9, 2007, when this application, 11/651,219, was filed | Jan 9, 2027 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 11, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 11, 2020 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,342,389 | this patent Mar 2020 | Mar 2020 |
| US 7,684,482 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 7,847,315 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 7,683,553 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,111,846 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 7,579,910 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,932,536 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2007 Reel 18774, frame 165 | Wu, Wei; Zhu, Ling | Diodes, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 9, 2013 Reel 29594, frame 472 | Diodes Incorporated, As Grantor | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
Sources
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Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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