Also listed on On Semiconductor Image Sensor, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 14, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 28, 2026
Filed Sep 28, 2006 as application 11/540,527 · Granted Mar 9, 2010
Base term plus 594 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Sep 28, 2006
Sep 28, 2006
Term ends
May 14, 2028
May 14, 2028
Granted
Mar 9, 2010
Mar 9, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
594
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.
This patent's term runs 594 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Sep 28, 2006, when this application, 11/540,527, was filed | Sep 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +594 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 14, 2028 | 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 | May 14, 2028 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2006 Reel 18551, frame 920 | Lepage, Gerald | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Belgium) Bvba | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2011 Reel 26319, frame 730 | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Belgium) Bvba | On Semiconductor Image Sensor | Change of Name |
| Jul 20, 2012 Reel 28598, frame 477 | On Semiconductor Image Sensor Bvba | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2016 Reel 38620, frame 87 | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Security Interest |
| Aug 25, 2016 Reel 39853, frame 1 | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Patent Number 5859768 and to Recite Collateral Agent Role of Receiving Party in the Security Interest Previously Recorded on Reel 038620 Frame 0087. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64070, 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 038620, Frame 0087 |
| 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 038620, Frame 0087 |
| 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 038620, Frame 0087 |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 14, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 594 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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