Also listed on On Semiconductor Image Sensor, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 24, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 28, 2029
Filed May 28, 2009 as application 12/474,150 · Granted Jun 26, 2012
Base term plus 300 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
May 28, 2009
May 28, 2009
Term ends
Mar 24, 2030
Mar 24, 2030
Granted
Jun 26, 2012
Jun 26, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
300
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.
This patent's term runs 300 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 May 28, 2009, when this application, 12/474,150, was filed | May 28, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +300 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 24, 2030 | 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 | Mar 24, 2030 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2010 Reel 24618, frame 298 | Lepage, Gerald | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Belgium) Bvba | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2011 Reel 26226, frame 327 | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Belgium) Bvba | On Semiconductor Image Sensor | Change of Name |
| Apr 14, 2016 Reel 38287, frame 804 | On Semiconductor Image Sensor | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2016 Reel 38620, frame 87 | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Security Interest |
| Aug 25, 2016 Reel 39853, frame 1 | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Patent Number 5859768 and to Recite Collateral Agent Role of Receiving Party in the Security Interest Previously Recorded on Reel 038620 Frame 0087. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64070, frame 1 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC; Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 038620, Frame 0087 |
| Jun 22, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 038620, Frame 0087 |
| Jun 22, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 038620, Frame 0087 |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 24, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 300 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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