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Computation of a Multiplication Operation with an Electronic Circuit and Method

US 8,117,251 In force

Term ends Oct 26, 2030

Held by Jpmorgan Chase Bank N A
Filed Apr 11, 2007 · Granted Feb 14, 2012
Base term plus 1294 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
2007 2030
Clock starts
Apr 11, 2007
Term ends
Oct 26, 2030
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 20, 2026 · how we know
1,294
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO PTA record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
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12
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This patent's term runs 1294 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Apr 11, 2007Apr 11, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1294 days, USPTO PTA recordOct 26, 2030High 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 orderOct 26, 2030High confidence

This family

US 7,286,617Expired (term)Dec 2024
US 7,961,833Lapsed (fee unpaid)Jun 2019
US 7,609,117In forceMay 2028
US 6,960,947Expired (term)Apr 2024
US 7,623,270In forceAug 2027
US 8,117,251this patentOct 2030
US 7,991,942In forceOct 2027
US 7,882,301In forceJun 2028

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 18, 2007
reel/frame not recorded
Bertoni, Guido Marco; Fragneto, Pasqualina; Marsh, Andrew Richard; Pelosi, Gerardo; Ravasio, MorisStmicroelectronics S.R.L.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 18, 2007
reel/frame not recorded
Bertoni, Guido Marco; Fragneto, Pasqualina; Marsh, Andrew Richard; Pelosi, Gerardo; Ravasio, MorisStmicroelectronics LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 18, 2007
Reel 19642, frame 104
Bertoni, Guido Marco; Fragneto, Pasqualina; Marsh, Andrew Richard; Pelosi, Gerardo; Ravasio, MorisStmicroelectronics S.R.L.; Stmicroelectronics LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 31, 2016
Reel 38847, frame 890
Stmicroelectronics LimitedStmicroelectronics (Research & Development) LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 21, 2024
Reel 67487, frame 665
The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 24, 2024
Reel 68654, frame 1
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. Inc.Release of Security Interest

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