Term ends Dec 11, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 10, 2026
Held by Psemi Corporation
Filed Sep 14, 2006 as application 11/520,912 · Granted Feb 15, 2011
Base term plus 519 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2006
Jul 10, 2006
Term ends
Dec 11, 2027
Dec 11, 2027
Granted
Feb 15, 2011
Feb 15, 2011
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
519
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.
42
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 519 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 Jul 10, 2006, when application 11/484,370, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 14, 2006) | Jul 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +519 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 11, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 11, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,910,993 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 7,890,891 | this patent Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 8,954,902 | Surrendered on reissue Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 8,129,787 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,742,502 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 8,405,147 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,130,564 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,608,619 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
8 of 42 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2006 Reel 18670, frame 583 | Stuber, Michael A.; Brindle, Christopher N.; Kelly, Dylan J.; Kemerling, Clint L.; Inthurn, George P.; Welstand, Robert B.; Burgener, Mark L.; Dribinsky, Alexander; Kim, Tae-youn | Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2018 Reel 45749, frame 391 | Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation | Psemi Corporation | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2027
Term ends Dec 11, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 519 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
280
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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