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Method for Providing a Very Low Reference Current

US 7,852,143 In force
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Also listed on Pixim, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jun 15, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Jan 29, 2009 as application 12/361,739 · Granted Dec 14, 2010
Base term plus 137 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jan 29, 2009
Term ends
Jun 15, 2029
Granted
Dec 14, 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
137
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 137 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 29, 2009, when this application, 12/361,739, was filedJan 29, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+137 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 15, 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 orderJun 15, 2029High 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 21, 2010
Reel 23820, frame 866
Koifman, Vladimir; Eshel, Noam; Golan, ZeituniAdvasense Technologies (2004) Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 25, 2011
Reel 26641, frame 85
Advasense Technologies (2004) Ltd., a Corporation Organized Under the Laws of IsraelComerica Bank, a Texas Banking AssociationSecurity Agreement
Sep 13, 2012
Reel 28959, frame 493
Comerica BankAdvasense Technologies (2004) Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Jan 14, 2013
Reel 29622, frame 103
Advasense Technologies (2004) Ltd.Pixim Israel Ltd.Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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