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Data Carrier with a Module with a Reinforcement Strip

US 7,361,976 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 1, 2020 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ended Jan 21, 2025 · High confidence

Filed May 5, 2005 as application 10/534,165 · Granted Apr 22, 2008
Base term plus 448 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jan 21, 2025
2003 2026
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2003
Term ended
Jan 21, 2025
Granted
Apr 22, 2008
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
448
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.
222
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 448 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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 31, 2003, when application PCT/IB2003/004913, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 5, 2005)Oct 31, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+448 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 21, 2025High 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 orderJan 21, 2025High confidence

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US 7,119,421Term ended
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US 7,361,976this patent
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US 7,578,425Lapsed on the fee record
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8 of 222 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 5, 2005
Reel 17369, frame 122
Fritz, Reinhard; Schmallegger, Peter; Akkahadsi, SomnukKoninklijke Philips Electronics, N.v.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 13, 2008
Reel 21085, frame 959
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.NXP B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 8, 2011
Reel 26725, frame 852
NXP Semiconductors N.V., on Behalf of Its Subsidiaries, Including NXP B.V.Invensas CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2012
Reel 28407, frame 179
NXP Semiconductors N.V., on Behalf of Itself and Its Subsidiaries, Including NXP B.V.Invensas CorporationCorrective Assignment to Correct Name of Conveying Parties Previously Recorded on Reel 026725, Frame 0852.
Dec 2, 2016
Reel 40797, frame 1
Invensas Corporation; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; Ziptronix, Inc.; DigitalOptics Corporation; DigitalOptics Corporation Mems; DTS, LLC; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital CorporationRoyal Bank of Canada, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 1, 2020
Reel 53468, frame 1
Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions Inc.; Veveo, Inc.; Invensas Corporation; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc.; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital CorporationBank Of America, N.a.Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
Reel 52920, frame 1
Royal Bank of CanadaTessera, Inc.; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.); FotoNation Corporation (F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation and F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation Mems); Invensas Corporation; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; DTS LLC; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaTessera, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaInvensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaFotoNation Corporation (F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation and F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation Mems)Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaInvensas CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaTessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaDTS, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaDTS LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaPhorus, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaIbiquity Digital CorporationRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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