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Fractional-Type Phase-Locked Loop Circuit with Compensation of Phase Errors

US 7,961,833 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 14, 2019 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Mar 15, 2004 as application 10/801,503 · Granted Jun 14, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1687 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 14, 2019
2004 2028
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2004
No longer in force
Jun 14, 2019
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Term would have run to
Oct 27, 2028
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
1,687
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
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Its term would have run to Oct 27, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 1687 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 15, 2004, when this application, 10/801,503, was filedMar 15, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1687 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 27, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 14, 2019High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 14, 2019High confidence

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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
Jul 14, 2004
Reel 15566, frame 244
Albasini, Guido Gabriele; Milani, Enrico TemporitiStmicroelectronics S.R.L.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2016
Reel 37643, frame 164
Stmicroelectronics S.R.L.ST Wireless S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 2, 2016
Reel 37683, frame 128
ST Wireless S.A.ST-Ericsson S.A.Change of Name
Feb 2, 2016
Reel 37739, frame 493
ST-Ericsson S.A.ST-Ericsson S.A., En LiquidationStatus Change-Entity in Liquidation

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