Lapsed Oct 19, 2018 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 31, 2026
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by GlobalFoundries Inc.
Filed Jun 13, 2008 as application 12/138,482 · Granted Oct 19, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 215 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 19, 2018
2006
2027
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2006
Jul 31, 2006
No longer in force
Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018
Granted
Oct 19, 2010
Oct 19, 2010
Term would have run to
Mar 3, 2027
Mar 3, 2027
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
215
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
Its term would have run to Mar 3, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 215 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jul 31, 2006, when application 11/461,208, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 13, 2008) | Jul 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +215 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 3, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 19, 2018 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 19, 2018 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,470,985 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,816,248 | this patent Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2015 Reel 36550, frame 1 | International Business Machines Corporation | GlobalFoundries U.S. 2 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 5, 2015 Reel 36779, frame 1 | GlobalFoundries U.S. 2 LLC; GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | GlobalFoundries Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2018 Reel 49490, frame 1 | GlobalFoundries Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Nov 20, 2020 Reel 54636, frame 1 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | GlobalFoundries Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 12, 2021 Reel 56987, frame 1 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 215 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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