Also listed on STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 28, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2026
Filed Jan 30, 2012 as application 13/361,749 · Granted Feb 26, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2006
Nov 28, 2006
Term ends
Nov 28, 2026
Nov 28, 2026
Granted
Feb 26, 2013
Feb 26, 2013
base term
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.
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.
18
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Nov 28, 2006, when application 11/605,833, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 30, 2012) | Nov 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Nov 28, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,742,519 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 7,385,862 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,249,161 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 7,954,017 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 7,589,507 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 8,605,098 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| US 8,296,497 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,108,744 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2013 Reel 30155, frame 127 | Dubey, Prashant; Garg, Akhil; Bhaskarani, Sravan Kumar | Stmicroelectronics PVT., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2013 Reel 30155, frame 158 | Stmicroelectronics PVT., Ltd. | Stmicroelectronics International N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 28, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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