Term ends Aug 22, 2027 · Medium confidence
Statutory term ends Feb 16, 2025
Filed Jun 3, 2005 · Granted Nov 24, 2009
Base term plus 917 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
2005
2027
Clock starts
Feb 16, 2005
Feb 16, 2005
Term ends
Aug 22, 2027
Aug 22, 2027
Granted
Nov 24, 2009
Nov 24, 2009
917
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 917 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: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Feb 16, 2005 | Feb 16, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | chain has unresolved parents (dated from child's own claim) | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +917 days, USPTO PTA record | Aug 22, 2027 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 22, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,286,617 | Expired (term) | 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 | this patent | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Barone, Massimiliano; Gardella, Pier Luigi; Pau, Danilo; Goda, Simon; Hill, Stephen; Sweet, Gary | Stmicroelectronics S.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Barone, Massimiliano; Gardella, Pier Luigi; Pau, Danilo; Goda, Simon; Hill, Stephen; Sweet, Gary | Stmicroelectronics Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2008 Reel 21956, frame 423 | Gardella, Pier Luigi; Barone, Massimiliano; Sweet, Gary; Pau, Danilo; Hill, Stephen; Goda, Simon | Stmicroelectronics S.R.L.; Stmicroelectronics Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2016 Reel 38847, frame 890 | Stmicroelectronics Limited | Stmicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 22, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 917 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
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.
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