Term ends Jan 5, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 28, 2030
Held by GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
Filed Oct 28, 2010 as application 12/914,132 · Granted Mar 5, 2013
Base term plus 69 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2010
Oct 28, 2010
Term ends
Jan 5, 2031
Jan 5, 2031
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Mar 5, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
69
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.
2
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 69 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 28, 2010, when this application, 12/914,132, was filed | Oct 28, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +69 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 5, 2031 | 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 | Jan 5, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,390,079 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,871,624 | Grace period ended Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2010 Reel 25210, frame 874 | Horak, David V.; Huang, Elbert E.; Koburger, Charles W., III; La Tulipe, Douglas C., JR.; Ponoth, Shom | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 3, 2015 Reel 36550, frame 1 | International Business Machines Corporation | GlobalFoundries U.S. 2 LLC | Assignment 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 Association | Security Agreement |
| Nov 2, 2020 Reel 54633, frame 1 | GlobalFoundries Inc. | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2020 Reel 54636, frame 1 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | GlobalFoundries Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 12, 2021 Reel 56987, frame 1 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 5, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 69 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
73
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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