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Controlled Polarity Group III-Nitride Films and Methods of Preparing Such Films

US 7,815,970 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 13, 2014 (Intersouth Partners VI, L.P.).

Term ends Mar 9, 2029 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Base term plus 1196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2029
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2005
Term ends
Mar 9, 2029
Granted
Oct 19, 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
1,196
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.
3
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 1196 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 29, 2005, when application PCT/US2005/043073, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 11, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Nov 29, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+1196 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 9, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 9, 2029Medium confidence

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Application PCT/US2005/043073PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,815,970this patent
Mar 2029
Mar 2029
US 8,734,965Term ended
Feb 2026
Feb 2026
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

The 40 most recent of 46 recorded documents are shown; the 6 earliest are not. 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
Jul 21, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.Security Agreement
Jul 21, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.Security Agreement
Jul 21, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.Security Agreement
Oct 21, 2011
Reel 27096, frame 644
Hexatech, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Aug 30, 2012
Reel 28885, frame 206
Hexatech, Inc.Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.; H.I.G. Venture Partners II, L.P.; H.I.G. Ventures - Hexatech, LLC; Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.; Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.; Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.Security Agreement
Aug 30, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.Security Agreement
Aug 30, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.H.I.G. Venture Partners II, L.P.Security Agreement
Aug 30, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.H.I.G. Ventures - Hexatech, LLCSecurity Agreement
Aug 30, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.Security Agreement
Aug 30, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.Security Agreement
Aug 30, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.Security Agreement
Nov 2, 2012
Reel 29231, frame 870
Hexatech, Inc.Idea Stimulus Fund, L.p.Security Agreement
Apr 10, 2013
Reel 30188, frame 904
Hexatech, Inc.Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.; H.I.G. Venture Partners II, L.P.; H.I.G. Ventures - Hexatech, LLC; Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.; Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.; Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.H.I.G. Venture Partners II, L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.H.I.G. Ventures - Hexatech, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 30, 2014
Reel 32095, frame 701
Hexatech, Inc.Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.; H.I.G. Venture Partners II, L.P.; H.I.G. Ventures-Hexatech, LLC; Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.; Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.; Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 30, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 30, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.H.I.G. Venture Partners II, L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 30, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.H.I.G. Ventures-Hexatech, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 30, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 30, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 30, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 13, 2014
Reel 34161, frame 276
Hexatech, Inc.Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.; H.I.G. Venture Partners II, L.P.; Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.; Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.; Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.Security Interest
Nov 13, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.Security Interest
Nov 13, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.H.I.G. Venture Partners II, L.P.Security Interest
Nov 13, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.Security Interest
Nov 13, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.Security Interest
Nov 13, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.Security Interest
Mar 8, 2016
Reel 37919, frame 166
Silicon Valley BankHexatech, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 10, 2016
Reel 38056, frame 437
Hexatech, Inc.Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.; H.I.G. Venture Partners II, L.P.; H.I.G. Ventures-Hexatech, LLC; Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.; Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.; Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveyance Type Previously Recorded at Reel: 032095 Frame: 0701. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Mar 10, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveyance Type Previously Recorded at Reel: 032095 Frame: 0701. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Mar 10, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.H.I.G. Venture Partners II, L.P.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveyance Type Previously Recorded at Reel: 032095 Frame: 0701. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Mar 10, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.H.I.G. Ventures-Hexatech, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Conveyance Type Previously Recorded at Reel: 032095 Frame: 0701. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Mar 10, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveyance Type Previously Recorded at Reel: 032095 Frame: 0701. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Mar 10, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveyance Type Previously Recorded at Reel: 032095 Frame: 0701. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Mar 10, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Hexatech, Inc.Mcnc Enterprise Fund, L.p.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveyance Type Previously Recorded at Reel: 032095 Frame: 0701. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.

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