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Method and Composition for Electrodeposition of Copper in Microelectronics with Dipyridyl-Based Levelers

US 8,388,824 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 17, 2022 (Citibank, N.A.).

Term ends Jun 25, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Nov 26, 2008 as application 12/324,335 · Granted Mar 5, 2013
Base term plus 941 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2031
Clock starts
Nov 26, 2008
Term ends
Jun 25, 2031
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
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
941
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.
5
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 941 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 26, 2008, when this application, 12/324,335, was filedNov 26, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+941 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 25, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 25, 2031High 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
Dec 18, 2008
Reel 22001, frame 540
Paneccasio, Vincent, JR.; Lin, Xuan; Hurtubise, Richard; Chen, QingyunEnthone Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 15, 2016
Reel 38439, frame 777
Enthone Inc.Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Feb 4, 2019
Reel 48233, frame 141
Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentMacDermid Enthone Inc. (F/K/A Enthone Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Feb 5, 2019
Reel 48261, frame 110
MacDermid Enthone Inc. (F/K/A Enthone Inc.)Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 15, 2019
Reel 48355, frame 656
Enthone Inc.MacDermid Enthone Inc.Change of Name
Nov 17, 2022
Reel 61956, frame 643
Barclays Bank PLCCitibank, N.a.Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral

Sources

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