Term ended Jun 19, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 19, 2026
Filed Nov 12, 2007 as application 11/938,583 · Granted Jan 6, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jun 19, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 19, 2006
Jun 19, 2006
Term ended
Jun 19, 2026
Jun 19, 2026
Granted
Jan 6, 2009
Jan 6, 2009
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.
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.
5
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 19, 2006, when application 11/471,279, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 12, 2007) | Jun 19, 2026 | 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 | Jun 19, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,319,256 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2007/069329 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,473,603 | this patent Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,859,047 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 12/978,824 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2016 Reel 40075, frame 644 | Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 3, 2021 Reel 57694, frame 374 | Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 28, 2021 Reel 57969, frame 206 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 12, 2021 Reel 58871, frame 799 | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 22, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 040075, Frame 0644 |
| Jun 22, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 040075, Frame 0644 |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64070, frame 536 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC; Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 040075, Frame 0644 |
| Jun 23, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 058871, Frame 0799 |
| Jun 23, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 058871, Frame 0799 |
| Jun 23, 2023 Reel 65653, frame 1 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC; Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 058871, Frame 0799 |
Sources
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Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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