Term ended Jul 20, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 3, 2024
Held by Geo Semiconductor Inc.
Filed Mar 3, 2004 as application 10/794,280 · Granted Apr 24, 2012
Base term plus 869 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Jul 20, 2026
2004
2026
Clock starts
Mar 3, 2004
Mar 3, 2004
Term ended
Jul 20, 2026
Jul 20, 2026
Granted
Apr 24, 2012
Apr 24, 2012
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
869
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.
27
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 869 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Mar 3, 2004, when this application, 10/794,280, was filed | Mar 3, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +869 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 20, 2026 | 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 20, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,093,094 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 |
| US 6,985,480 | Term ended Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 8,165,219 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,031,768 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,325,797 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 7,657,589 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 7,715,652 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,149,909 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
8 of 27 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 3, 2004 Reel 15064, frame 983 | Cismas, Sorin C. | Mobilygen Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2010 Reel 24416, frame 637 | Mobilygen Corporation | Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.; Maxim Integrated Products Asia, Inc. | Merger |
| May 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Mobilygen Corporation | Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | Merger |
| May 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Mobilygen Corporation | Maxim Integrated Products Asia, Inc. | Merger |
| Jan 23, 2013 Reel 29677, frame 261 | Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 23, 2013 Reel 31479, frame 486 | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Bishopsgate Holdings Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Dec 20, 2017 Reel 44957, frame 529 | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Scott Lake Holdings Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 26, 2017 Reel 44958, frame 828 | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Roadmap Geo LP III, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 1, 2018 Reel 45482, frame 808 | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Roadmap Geo LP III, as Administrative Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application No. from US12027189 to PCTUS1227189 Previously Recorded on Reel 044958 Frame 0828. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| May 24, 2019 Reel 49286, frame 365 | Bishopsgate Holdings Corporation | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 31, 2019 Reel 49334, frame 793 | Roadmap Geo LP III | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 31, 2019 Reel 49337, frame 40 | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Crescent Cove Capital II, LP | Security Interest |
| May 31, 2019 Reel 50340, frame 516 | Scott Lake Holdings Inc. | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 23, 2022 Reel 60840, frame 79 | Crescent Cove Capital II, LP | Geo Semiconductor, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2022 Reel 60925, frame 979 | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | East West Bank | Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2023 Reel 62955, frame 700 | East West Bank | Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
The 869 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
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