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Semiconductor Structure Having a Gate Electrode at Least Partially Disposed in a Trench Formed at a Bend in a Semiconductor Material.

US 8,198,682 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 12, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Sep 3, 2010 as application 12/875,416 · Granted Jun 12, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 12, 2020
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2006
No longer in force
Jun 12, 2020
Granted
Jun 12, 2012
Term would have run to
Nov 20, 2026
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.
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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.
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Its term would have run to Nov 20, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 20, 2006, when application 11/561,488, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2010)Nov 20, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 12, 2020High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 12, 2020High confidence

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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
Sep 3, 2015
Reel 36550, frame 1
International Business Machines CorporationGlobalFoundries U.S. 2 LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 5, 2015
Reel 36779, frame 1
GlobalFoundries U.S. 2 LLC; GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.GlobalFoundries Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 29, 2018
Reel 49490, frame 1
GlobalFoundries Inc.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Nov 20, 2020
Reel 54636, frame 1
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationGlobalFoundries Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 12, 2021
Reel 56987, frame 1
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationGlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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