Collateral for a security interest recorded May 2, 2013 (HSBC Bank USA, National Association).

Term ends Dec 13, 2031 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Semtech Canada Corporation

Filed Feb 11, 2008 as application 12/029,053 · Granted Jun 11, 2013

Base term plus 1401 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Dec 13, 2031

2008 2031

Clock starts
Feb 11, 2008

Term ends
Dec 13, 2031

Granted
Jun 11, 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

1,401

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.

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 1401 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 Feb 11, 2008, when this application, 12/029,053, was filed	Feb 11, 2028	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+1401 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Dec 13, 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	Dec 13, 2031	High confidence

This family

US 8,462,759	this patent Dec 2031	Dec 2031
US 8,159,927	Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2020	Apr 2020

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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.

Recorded	Assignor	Assignee	Conveyance
Mar 17, 2008 Reel 20658, frame 419	Shakiba, Mohammad H.; Hudson, John; Macdougall, Jack; Rofheart, Martin; Lynch, David L.	Gennum Corporation	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 7, 2012 Reel 28333, frame 287	Gennum Corporation	Semtech Canada Inc.	Merger
Nov 20, 2012 Reel 29340, frame 83	Gennum Corporation	Semtech Canada Inc.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Error Previously Recorded on Reel 028333 Frame 0287. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Serial No. 13/309,951 Was Inadvertently Listed on the Request for Recordation.
Nov 26, 2012 Reel 29345, frame 302	Semtech Canada Inc.	Semtech Canada Corporation	Change of Name
May 2, 2013 Reel 30341, frame 99	Semtech Corporation; Semtech New York Corporation; Sierra Monolithics, Inc.	HSBC Bank USA, National Association	Security Agreement
Nov 17, 2016 Reel 40646, frame 799	Semtech Corporation; Semtech New York Corporation; Sierra Monolithics, Inc.; Semtech Ev, Inc.; Triune Systems, L.l.c.; Triune IP, LLC	HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Administrative Agent	Security Interest
Feb 17, 2023 Reel 62781, frame 544	HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Resigning Agent	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Agent	Assignment of Patent Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040646/0799)
Jul 8, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.	Semtech Corporation	Release of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.	Sierra Monolithics, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.	Semtech Ev, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.	Triune Systems, L.l.c.	Release of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.	Triune IP, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.	Semtech New York Corporation	Release of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026 Reel 76364, frame 527	Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.	Semtech Corporation; Sierra Monolithics, Inc.; Semtech Ev, Inc.; Triune Systems, L.l.c.; Triune IP, LLC; Semtech New York Corporation	Release of Security Interest

Sources

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Dec 2031

Term ends Dec 13, 2031. No further fees fall due before then

Note

The 1401 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

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