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Semiconductor Device and Method of Providing Z-Interconnect Conductive Pillars with Inner Polymer Core

US 8,742,579 In force
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Term ends Aug 19, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Feb 24, 2012 as application 13/405,094 · Granted Jun 3, 2014
Base term plus 155 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Mar 17, 2009
Term ends
Aug 19, 2029
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
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
155
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.
9
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 155 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 Mar 17, 2009, when application 12/406,049, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 24, 2012)Mar 17, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+155 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 19, 2029High 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 orderAug 19, 2029High confidence

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8 of 9 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 6, 2015
Reel 36288, frame 748
Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Ltd.Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 7, 2016
Reel 38378, frame 352
Stats ChipPAC Ltd.Stats ChipPAC Pte. Lte.Change of Name
Jun 4, 2020
Reel 52844, frame 491
Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security AgentStats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Jun 4, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security AgentStats ChipPAC, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 4, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security AgentStats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Sep 1, 2023
Reel 64803, frame 387
Stats ChipPAC Ltd.Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct the Spelling of Assignee's Name from "Stats Chippac Pte. LTE." to "Stats Chippac Pte. Ltd." Previously Recorded at Reel: 038378 Frame: 0208. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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