Term ended Jul 10, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 10, 2026
Held by Psemi Corporation
Filed Mar 22, 2011 as application 13/053,211 · Granted Mar 6, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jul 10, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2006
Jul 10, 2006
Term ended
Jul 10, 2026
Jul 10, 2026
Granted
Mar 6, 2012
Mar 6, 2012
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| 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 Mar 22, 2011) | Jul 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 10, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,910,993 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 7,890,891 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 8,954,902 | Surrendered on reissue Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 8,129,787 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2014 Reel 31908, frame 954 | Brindle, Christopher N.; Stuber, Michael A.; Kelly, Dylan J; Kemerling, Clint L.; Imthurn, George P.; Welstand, Robert B.; Burgener, Mark L. | Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2018 Reel 45749, frame 391 | Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation | Psemi Corporation | Change of Name |
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Citations
92
later US patents cite this one
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