Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 22, 2019 (Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.).
Term ends Jun 17, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 6, 2025
Held by Nexperia B.V.
Filed Feb 5, 2008 as application 11/632,511 · Granted Apr 17, 2012
Base term plus 1077 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2005
Jul 6, 2005
Term ends
Jun 17, 2028
Jun 17, 2028
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Apr 17, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,077
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.
2
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 1077 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 6, 2005, when application PCT/IB2005/052243, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 5, 2008) | Jul 6, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1077 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 17, 2028 | 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 | Jun 17, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,159,032 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2012 Reel 27861, frame 29 | Schnitt, Wolfgang; Neumann, Kai; Joehren, Michael | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Mar 14, 2012 Reel 27861, frame 178 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | NXP B.V. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Mar 7, 2016 Reel 38017, frame 58 | NXP B.V. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Security Agreement Supplement |
| Jul 14, 2016 Reel 39361, frame 212 | NXP B.V. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12092129 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement. |
| Aug 8, 2016 Reel 39610, frame 734 | NXP B.V. | Nexperia B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 9, 2017 Reel 42762, frame 145 | NXP B.V. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12681366 Previously Recorded on Reel 039361 Frame 0212. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement. |
| May 9, 2017 Reel 42985, frame 1 | NXP B.V. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12681366 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement. |
| Feb 13, 2019 Reel 48328, frame 964 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2019 Reel 50745, frame 1 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 22, 2019 Reel 51029, frame 1 | NXP B.V. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 042985 Frame 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement. |
| Oct 22, 2019 Reel 51029, frame 387 | NXP B.V. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 039361 Frame 0212. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement. |
| Oct 22, 2019 Reel 51030, frame 1 | NXP B.V. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement. |
| Oct 22, 2019 Reel 51145, frame 184 | NXP B.V. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 042762 Frame 0145. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement. |
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Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 17, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1077 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
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