Also listed on Beijing e-Town Semiconductor Technology, Co., Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 3, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 30, 2026
Filed May 30, 2006 as application 11/443,464 · Granted Jun 29, 2010
Base term plus 796 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
May 30, 2006
May 30, 2006
Term ends
Aug 3, 2028
Aug 3, 2028
Granted
Jun 29, 2010
Jun 29, 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
796
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.
2
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 796 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 30, 2006, when this application, 11/443,464, was filed | May 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +796 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 3, 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 | Aug 3, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,745,762 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| Application 12/819,784 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2006 Reel 18209, frame 349 | Timans, Paul Janis | Mattson Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 27, 2018 Reel 46956, frame 348 | Mattson Technology, Inc. | East West Bank | Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2019 Reel 50582, frame 796 | Mattson Technology, Inc. | Mattson Technology, Inc.; Beijing e-Town Semiconductor Technology, Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Mattson Technology, Inc. | Mattson Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Mattson Technology, Inc. | Beijing e-Town Semiconductor Technology, Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2021 Reel 55950, frame 452 | East West Bank | Mattson Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 3, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 796 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
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