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Wirebonding Method and Apparatus

US 7,578,425 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 1, 2020 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Lapsed Aug 25, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 10, 2005 as application 10/538,281 · Granted Aug 25, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 439 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 25, 2021
2003 2026
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2003
No longer in force
Aug 25, 2021
Granted
Aug 25, 2009
Term would have run to
Jan 29, 2025
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
439
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
222
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 29, 2025: its 20-year base term plus 439 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 17, 2003, when application PCT/IB2003/005244, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 10, 2005)Nov 17, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+439 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 29, 2025High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 25, 2021High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 25, 2021High confidence

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US 7,055,072Term ended
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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
Jun 10, 2005
Reel 17078, frame 666
Kampschreur, Thomas; Stokkermans, Joep; Bakker, Arjan; Van Rens, Piet; De Vet, Arnoldus; Van Der Meer, PietKonninklijke 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

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