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US 8,159,927 Lapsed on the fee record
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Collateral for a security interest recorded May 2, 2013 (HSBC Bank USA, National Association).

Lapsed Apr 17, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 15, 2009 as application 12/484,443 · Granted Apr 17, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 173 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Apr 17, 2020
2008 2028
Clock starts
Feb 11, 2008
No longer in force
Apr 17, 2020
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Term would have run to
Aug 2, 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
173
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
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Aug 2, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 173 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 11, 2008, when application 12/029,053, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 15, 2009)Feb 11, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+173 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 2, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Apr 17, 2020High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 17, 2020High confidence

This family

US 8,462,759In force
Dec 2031
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US 8,159,927this patent
Apr 2020
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 2, 2009
Reel 23453, frame 229
Shakiba, Mohammad Hossein; Hudson, John; Macdougall, Jack; Rofheart, Martin; Lynch, David L.Gennum CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 7, 2012
Reel 28333, frame 287
Gennum CorporationSemtech Canada Inc.Merger
Nov 20, 2012
Reel 29340, frame 83
Gennum CorporationSemtech Canada Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Error Previously Recorded on Reel 028333 Frame 0287. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Serial No. 13/309,951 Was Inadvertently Listed on the Request for Recordation.
Nov 26, 2012
Reel 29345, frame 302
Semtech Canada Inc.Semtech Canada CorporationChange of Name
May 2, 2013
Reel 30341, frame 99
Semtech Corporation; Semtech New York Corporation; Sierra Monolithics, Inc.HSBC Bank USA, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Nov 17, 2016
Reel 40646, frame 799
Semtech Corporation; Semtech New York Corporation; Sierra Monolithics, Inc.; Semtech Ev, Inc.; Triune Systems, L.l.c.; Triune IP, LLCHSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 17, 2023
Reel 62781, frame 544
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Resigning AgentJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor AgentAssignment of Patent Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040646/0799)
Jul 8, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Semtech CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Sierra Monolithics, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Semtech Ev, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Triune Systems, L.l.c.Release of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Triune IP, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Semtech New York CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026
Reel 76364, frame 527
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Semtech Corporation; Sierra Monolithics, Inc.; Semtech Ev, Inc.; Triune Systems, L.l.c.; Triune IP, LLC; Semtech New York CorporationRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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